What Was The Impact Of Postcolonialism

During the colonial era, white Europeans colonized new territory and new peoples. This transformative period has had a prolonged and detrimental effect throughout the world, which is known as postcolonialism. The Europeans developed a sense of superiority and felt that their religion and culture was dominant because they possessed more advanced technology. This provided continued motivation for their conquest and expansion because they felt they had a “white man’s burden”, meaning they have a responsibility to save or civilize a group of savage natives. West Africa was subjugated by European powers and, in the process, their society and culture was destroyed. Postcolonialism examines the aftermath of colonization and how the native people continue on with their lives and how they

Jimmy has been raised in two separate worlds, that of his father’s home and native village, where weaving is a respected and sacred practice, and the western world, whose influence has persisted long since colonialism and causing the spread of ideas, economics, and aspirations. Jimmy cannot deny that he “love[s]” weaving, yet he has bigger dreams of “liv[ing] in the city, own[ing] a car and a beautiful house, travel[ing] abroad” (Kabu 15). Jimmy forsakes a life as “a respected village master-weaver” because western ideas have corrupted his expectation of what a successful life is (Kabu 15). Jimmy would likely be satisfied living as the village weaver as he evidently loves the tradition, and he understands that there is something sacred about the custom of weaving that should be preserved. The American dream has been spread across the world, as a result of postcolonialism, and, in the process, it has eclipses former cultures and their ideas of a fulfilling