Colonialism and Postcolonial Identity

Flashcards on the themes of colonialism, postcolonial identity, and the texts ANABIB by DD and APP by RR.

DD's ANABIB

A postcolonial novel that examines the moral disfigurement and alienation of a Senegalese soldier fighting for France in WWI.

RR's APP

A poetry collection addressing the ongoing impact of racialized structures and the aftershocks of empire on Black identity in modern Britain.

'Negroes, cannibals, _' functions as a colonial caricature.

The tricolon of dehumanizing slurs used to reduce African identity to monstrous and threatening stereotypes.

'__ of the brave' is an example of such flattery.

Hyperbolic flattery concealing manipulation in the context of colonial interactions.

The juxtaposition between 'regulation rifle in the left hand and _ in the right'

Represents the duality between the role imposed by the empire and dehumanizing stereotypes.

Alfa's dilemma in ANABIB is that __

By telling his story in French, the language of the colonizer, he can never truly be understood.

On a meta-textual level, __ by weaving Wolof rhythms into the French literary canon

Diop disrupts the Eurocentric war narrative by writing into the silences of the colonial archive.

In RR's APP Citizen 1, the poem __

Serves as both a lament for Britain's colonial legacy and a resistance against its lingering impacts, asserting a modern cultural presence.

In Citizen 1, the phrase 'police hit me with his baton until I passed out' conveys __

The 'police' in the violent imagery of the poem may serve as a metaphor for inequities within the legal system of the present.

In 'and if I speak of paradise,' using ancestral lineage is __

A direct rejection of colonial erasure, centering ourselves and establishing our own identity.

The 'paradise' at the end of the poem serves as an extended metaphor __

For this dream of equality, a journey that may be complicated and violent.

The bitter irony in 'Congratulations. You fooled us. Render your work, not your lives' __

Uses detached tone to convey the absurdity of exploitation and commodification of identity.

The tricolon in 'they do not organise, centralise or come as one' __

May mimic the way in which our society attempts to continuously perpetuate oppression.

The idea of 'media outlets' __

Reveals the importance of narrative control as a central tool for postcolonial domination.

The motif of paradise throughout the wider work __

Transcend geography and forge a sense of identity and community.

The anaphoric ‘I woke' throughout __

Exposes the cyclical nature of oppression.