Bondage Of ‘Independent’ Nations: Neo-Imperialism In Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals Of Blood And Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People

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dc.contributor.authorDegirmencioglu, Nesrin
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-30T18:50:18Z
dc.date.available2025-01-30T18:50:18Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAccording to Frantz Fanon, in the former colonies ''[i]ndependence does not bring a change of direction'' (1978, p. 100). In postcolonial era the ''national bourgeoisie discovers its historical mission as intermediary. As we have seen, its vocation is not to transform the nation but prosaically serve as a conveyor belt for capitalism, forced to camouage itself behind the mask of neocolonialism'' (1978, p. 100-101). In both Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Petals of Blood and Indra Sinha's Animal's People after independence, the colonialists are replaced by a national bourgeoisie who, without capital and economic power, become dependent on foreign investment. In both novels, the unprivileged poor are the victims of the neo-imperialist system which attracts multinational corporations to take advantage of low-cost land and cheap labour. Ngugi explores the subjectivity of African history as reected by Westerners by the dual narration of his novel, from a subjective and a relatively objective but complementary narrative voice. Neither the previous colonial domination nor the national bourgeoisie which replaces them represents the victims of the system. The narration of the novel from the perspective of Munira, who refuses the familial capitalist wealth by escaping to live in Ilmorog, successfully reects the contradictory concerns of the capitalists and the victims. In Animal's People, Sinha gives voice to the subaltern victims of the system by the rst-person narrative of Animal, who is one of the worst victims of the system. Sinha emphasizes the reality of his story by indicating each chapter as a tape recording and using a sharp, slangy, and witty language for Animal. Both novels give voice to the subaltern victims of the society, and they are milestones in the freeing of the unprivileged classes from the bondage of the dominating national and foreign powers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.ankara.edu.tr/handle/20.500.12575/92166
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAnkara Üniversitesi
dc.subjectNgugi Wa Thiong'o
dc.subjectKanın Çiçekleri
dc.subjectIndra Sinha
dc.subjectHayvan'ın İnsanları
dc.subjectYeni-Emperyalizm
dc.titleBondage Of ‘Independent’ Nations: Neo-Imperialism In Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Petals Of Blood And Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People
dc.title.alternative'Bağimsiz' Uluslarin Esareti: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o'nun Kanin Çiçekleri Ve İndra Sinha'nin Hayvan'in İnsanlari Romanlarinda Yeni-Emperyalizm
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