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    Postcolonial Literature in Morocco and Kenya

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    This paper examines important features of postcolonial literature in Morocco and Kenya. The author addresses the works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o as well as Fatima Mernissi. This seven page paper has five sources listed in the bibliography.

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    was in the late 1960s that a futuristic television program debuted, opening each episode with a synopsis of the starship Enterprises mission: to seek out new life and new  civilizations. The prime directive of the organizing body to which Enterprise belonged was that the officers and crew would in no way interfere with any discovered civilizations own path  of development. Star Treks noble cause was a novel one in the 1960s; no real-world counterpart existed at the time that European powers  sought to colonize as much of the world as possible in the 16th and 17th centuries and beyond. The clear winner in the race to imperialist domination was Britain,  which ruled the worlds seas by the end of the 17th century and achieved domination of many of the nations that it colonized.  The result of domination of native culture by a totally foreign one followed by relinquishment of that control is a bicultural national heritage that differs from either of the original  contributing cultures. Postcolonial literature addresses several themes expanding on those differences. Features of Postcolonial Literature As stated, the result of long-term political  and cultural domination by a foreign entity affects the colonized nation and its native people. Many of those changes appear to be permanent. As example, all of Central  and South America is Spanish-speaking and predominantly Catholic, two direct results of Spanish domination in the 16th and 17th centuries. India and several African nations bear the indelible marks  of British colonization. A common language in Northern and Western African nations is French, many of the present-day governments of developing nations are based on the English common law 

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