Neo-Colonialism
Niiwam by Sembene Ousmane
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 08/19/2010 - 12:11
This short story (30pgs) by Sengalese radical Sembene Ousmane is about the struggles that a rural man and wife go through in the capital, while trying to bury their dead son. In this brief story of a suffering, confused poor man, Ousmane shows many of the reasons why this story could take place at all, i.e. some of the main characteristics of a neo-colonial society. First of all, there is the complete abandonment by the state of any concern over the welfare of it's citizens.
The Forest by William J Pomeroy
RevSocialist اش... — Wed, 08/11/2010 - 14:49
This book (220pg) by amerikan communist William Pomeroy is about the post-WWII armed struggle of the Filipino resistance group Hukbalahap (aka Huk) against the puppet Filipino governments that were simply the local running dogs of amerikkkan imperialism, and many of who were actually colonial officials during the period of amerikkkan colonial occupation and also during the fascist japanese occupation.
Xala by Ousmane Sembene
RevSocialist اش... — Sat, 07/24/2010 - 15:03
This short novel (104pg) by Sengalese communist writer Ousmane Sembene, is really more of a satire and parable then a normal novel, and if you don't look at it as a satire and parable (i.e. as it was intended to be perceived), then it really won't make much sense.
I Will Marry When I Want by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 04/20/2010 - 06:41
This play (117pg) by Kenyan leftist writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o was written after the "flag independence" (Nkrumah's term) from Britain. Ngugi often mentions the Mau Mau, which was the violent, revolutionary anti-imperialist resistance group which forced the british to leave Kenya (during which the british committed countless atrocities, including the execution of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, and the mass imprisonment of "sympathizers" in concentration camps, as well as routine and wide use of torture).
