Postcolonial Space

Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode contains my thoughts on the recent pardon of four convicted Aemrican war criminals by Donald Trump.

Devil on the Cross I Ngugi wa Thiong'O | Postcolonialism | African Writers This is a brief introduction to Ngugi Thiong'O's novel  "Devil on the Cross." Additional resources are available on my website: https://postcolonial.net/2019/07/reading-notes-for-devil-on-the-cross-by-ngugi-wa-thiongo/ Ngui is one of the reading Kenyan writers, critics, and scholars in the field of postcolonial studies.  Ng...

Adapted from my Youtube Channel, this is a brief discussion of the novel Joys of Motherhood by the Nigerian author, Buchi Emecheta. A write up on the novel can be found on my website. What is Postcolonialism: Since I claim to be a postcolonialism scholar, I think it is apt to include a brief description of my field of study. In my view, Postcolonialism ( also written as Post Colonialism or Post-Co...

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys | Postcolonialism | Caribbean Writers   Adapted from my YouTube Channel, this is a brief introduction to the plot, setting, themes, and main characters of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel.  Please follow this link for a full summary of the novel: https://postcolonial.net/2020/01/book...  Wide Sargasso Sea: https://amzn.to/2R55paE Jane Eyre: https://amzn.to/374UDHe

In this brief episode I share my thoughts about the significance of going against the grain and for standing up for causes larger than oruseklves.

Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode offers a sumamry of major ideas in Chapter 2 of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode provides a critical summary of Chapter 1 of Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

This episode has been adapted from a webinar on critical pedagogy that I delivered on my YouTube channel.

In this episode I briefly explain the concept of Burden of expectation, as discussed by Kobena Mercer in his book Welcome to the Jungle.

In this episode I share my thoughts after hearing a podcast about the book “The Power Paradox” in which the author highlights the role of empathy in people gaining power.

In this episode I discuss my experience of teaching Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness as an example of literary racism

In this episode I offer a summary and analysis of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness from a postcolonial perspective.

Orientalism: Chapter 1(Pages 43-46)| Edward Said| Postcolonialism This episode  includes another  lecture on Chapter 1 of Orientalism and covers pages 43- to 46 of the book.  If you have ever wondered "What is orientalism" or how does Edward Said employ and explain orientalism as a concept then this series on actually reading Orientalism can be of much use to you.  The page numbers that I refer to...

Reading Orientalism: Chapter 1(Pages 40-43)| Edward Said| Postcolonialism| Postcolonial Theory   This episode  includes my  third lecture on Chapter 1 of Orientalism and covers pages 40 to 43 of the book.   If you have ever wondered "What is orientalism" or how does Edward Said employ and explain orientalism as a concept then this series on actually reading Orientalism can be of much use to you.  ...

Episode 10 (Season 2) Orientalism, Chapter 1 (Pages 36-40)| Edward Said  This episode  includes my  first lecture on Chapter 1 of Orientalism and covers from pages 36 to 40  of the book.    If you have ever wondered "What is orientalism" or how does Edward Said employ and explain orientalism as a concept then this series on actually reading Orientalism can be of much use to you.   The page numbers...

Episode 9 (Season 2) Orientalism, Chapter 1 (Pages 35-36)| Edward Said This episode  includes my  first lecture on Chapter 1 of Orientalism and covers from pages 35 to 35 of the book.    If you have ever wondered "What is orientalism" or how does Edward Said employ and explain orientalism as a concept then this series on actually reading Orientalism can be of much use to you.   The page numbers th...

This episode  includes my  first lecture on Chapter 1 of Orientalism and covers from pages 30 to 34 of the book.   If you have ever wondered "What is orientalism" or how does Edward Said employ and explain orientalism as a concept then this series on actually reading Orientalism can be of much use to you.  The page numbers that I refer to are from the 1994 Vintage Books edition. I strongly recomme...

adapted from my Youtube channel, this is the final episode that discusses the introduction to Edward said's "Orientalism."

Adapted from my Youtube channel, this is another episode in my series on Edward said's Orientalism. In this episode I discuss part three of Said's Introdcution.

What is Allochronic Discourse? | Postcolonialism | Johannes Fabian Allochronic discourse is a term coined and elaborated by Johannes Fabian, allochronism and originally referred to the practices in the field of anthropology, though it can be expanded very easily to apply to other cultural studies fields. Fabian first points out that a major flaw in Western  anthropological studies is a “denial of...

Decolonizing Literary Theory: Some Tentative Thoughts | Zahiriyya and Bataniyya Philosophy In this brief video I discuss a few tentative strategies of decolonizing western literary theory and infusing it with knowledges produces in the rest of the world.   Edward Said. "Orientalism." https://amzn.to/3fZqWLK Edward Said. "The World, the Text, and the Critic."https://amzn.to/38sFDEn Raymond Williams...

How to Learn Literary Theory  Relying on my own experience of teaching literary theory, this lecture provides brief guidelines about the basics of learning literary theory and its use.

In this breif episode I explain as to what being liberal means and how a liberal identity is more nuanced and, complex, and stronger.

Public Scholarship and its Significance | Postcolonialism | Postcolonial Studies  This brief episode discusses the significance of public scholarship and public writing in the humanities and literary studies and encourages humanities scholars to engage with the issues of politics and public in their writing and pedagogy.

Life in Academia in the US as a BIPOC Scholar| How to Stay Positive in an Academic Career? This a reflective video about my experience as a faculty member of color at US universities. I hope these thoughts enable you to understand what you are likely to experience and face at US universities as faculty members. Life in academia as BIPOC scholar has its own challenges and one ought to be prepared t...