literature postcolonial literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Postcolonial_literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcolonial_literature https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059134 The literature by people from formerly colonized countries. It exists on all continents except Antarctica. Postcolonial literature often addresses the problems and consequences of the decolonization of a country, especially questions relating to the political and cultural independence of formerly subjugated people, and themes such as racialism and colonialism. A range of literary theory has evolved around the subject. It addresses the role of literature in perpetuating and challenging what postcolonial critic Edward Said refers to as cultural imperialism. post-colonial literature postcolonial literatures