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After empire

Postcolonial Literature Reading Guides

Fiction and non-fiction from postcolonial traditions worldwide — books that examine the legacy of colonialism, the violence of empire and the complicated process of decolonisation.

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe · 1958 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o · 1967 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys · 1966 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid · 1988 Essential Read See details →
Annie John Jamaica Kincaid · 1985 Essential Read See details →
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie · 1981 Recommended See details →
Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2006 Essential Read See details →
Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2003 Essential Read See details →
Paradise Abdulrazak Gurnah · 1994 Essential Read See details →
The Famished Road Ben Okri · 1991 Essential Read See details →
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi · 2016 Essential Read See details →
Small Island Andrea Levy · 2004 Essential Read See details →
We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo · 2013 Essential Read See details →
Breath Eyes Memory Edwidge Danticat · 1994 Essential Read See details →

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