Why should we study Postcolonial Literature?

Professor Elleke Boehmer of Wolfson College, Oxford, discusses her current research and proposes why we should study Postcolonial writers such as Achebe.
Date Published: 31 July 2013
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Contributors: Elleke Boehmer, Sarah Wilkin
In Collection(s): What is Literature, and Why Does It Matter?, Colonial Writers
Keywords: postcolonial, Chinua Achebe, Derek Walcott, Rudyard Kipling, english, #greatwriters, Teaching, lesson, Key Stage 5
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