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Of all the myths that were established in colonial times, the myth of post-colonization is perhaps the most oppressive and dangerous. This is because the discourses of post-colonialism, and its ensuing practices, which are at the foundation of how we are governed today, are fake news. A people cannot be post-colonial until colonization actually ends. Colonization of peoples’ ways of being, knowing, and doing.
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Mahboob, A. (2023). The Myth of the Post-Colonial. In: Writings on Subaltern Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43710-6_16
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