To What Does the Term Postcolonial Refer

question 29

Multiple Choice

To what does the term postcolonial refer?

• A)Diplomatic efforts by the superpowers to play the interests of newly independent states off those of their former colonizers.
• B)The vehement nationalism of independence movements in Europe's Asian colonies.
• C)The many legacies of colonial rule,which have extended well beyond independence.
• D)The emergence of political and cultural philosophies rejecting the legacies of colonialism.
• E)The decade following independence when a new nation establishes itself economically.

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