Postcolonial Space

Amos Tutuola: The Palm-Wine Drinkard | Nigerian Writers | Postcolonialism This is abrief introduction to the first English Language African novel to be published outside of Africa: Amos Tutuola's The Palm Wine Drinkard (1952). I mostly talk about the plot structure and the sue of Yoruba folktales by the author.  Amos Tutuola. "The Palm-Wine Drinkard." https://amzn.to/2VYzk6A Description on Amazon: When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest. Drawing on the West African Yoruba oral folktale tradition, Tutuola described the odyssey of a devoted palm-wine drinker through a nightmare of fantastic adventure. Since then, The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been translated into more than 15 languages and has come to be regarded as a masterwork of one of Africa's most influential writers. Tutuola's second novel, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, recounts the fate of mortals who stray into the world of ghosts, the heart of the tropical forest. Here, as every hunter and traveler knows, mortals venture at great peril, and it is here that a small boy is left alone.

How to Choose a Dissertation Topic?| Humanities Research| Dissertation Writing| Literary Studies In this video I briefly explain the process along with a few practical tips to choose a dissertation topic in humanities and literary studies.

6 Ways of Thinking about Publishing in Humanities| Academic Publishing| Scholarly Writing In this video i briefly discuss six things to keep in mind in deciding your personal philosophy of publishing in the humanities.  Full Pamphlet on Publishing on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HQMYEy

What are Microaggressions and How to Avoid them?| Workplace Microaggressions|Fix Your Office Climate In this video I briefly discuss workplace microaggressions within the context of academia and try to answer the question as to what are microaggressions and how to avoid them. This knwoledge is necessary to fix your office climate and to make it more humane and just and safe. I rely on the research published by Dr. Myron R. Anderson, and Kathryn S. Young, Ph.D. Please do take a look at their book: "Fix Your Climate" https://amzn.to/2Z2fzwB

This is a brief introduction to Fatima Mernissi's book "Women and Islam: An Historical and Theological Enquiry." I find this book to be one of the most significant works about women's rights in the Muslim world. View a talk by Fatima Mernissi here: https://youtu.be/eyZ1HlX1lxkNadvi, Akram. "Al-Muhaddithat.: (https://archive.org/details/AlMuhaddi...)

This is a brief discussion of Marxism as an ultimate cure for all forms of religious fundamentalisms.

This is a brief reading of the beginning of Tilism Hoshruba in Urdu.

This is my brief introduction to the 8000 page Urdu epic from 19th century India.

Summary and Analysis: The Dragon Can't Dance By Earl Lovelace| Caribbean Writers| Postcolonialism Earl Lovelace’s The Dragon Can’t Dance is one of the finest Postcolonial novels set in the postcolonial Trinidad. Lovelace, in my opinion, is a chronicler of the Afro-Trinidadian culture and traditions, just as V. S. Naipual, another Trinidadian author, mostly represents the Indo-Trinidadian aspects of postcolonial Trinidad and Tobago’s national cultures. "The Dragon Can’t Dance" is set in the Calvary Hill, an urban slum  and revolves around the lives of several Afro-Trinidadian characters with a special focus on Aldrick, the artist who plays the dragon in the annual Carnival tradition of Trinidad.  The Novel: https://amzn.to/39p7eGWFurther Reading: Raja, Masood. “We is All People: The Marginalized East-Indian and the Economy of Difference in Lovelace’sThe Dragon Can’t Dance." [https://postcolonial.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/We-Is-All-People.pdf] Cohen, Hella Bloom. "The clothing economy of Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance." [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275419983_The_clothing_economy_of_Earl_Lovelace's_The_Dragon_Can't_Dance]

In this episode I discuss the struggle against oppressive and ideological systems, especially in trying not to become part of the system. I use my experience as a military officer and as an academic to explore these issues.   Further Reading: James C. Scott. "Anarchist Calisthenics" https://harpers.org/archive/2012/12/anarchist-calisthenics/