Postcolonial Age, the Glossary
The post-colonial age refers to the period since 1945, when numerous colonies and possessions of major Western countries began to gain independence, in the wake of the end of World War II.[1]
Table of Contents
50 relations: Agostinho Neto, Algeria, Angolan War of Independence, Aristides Pereira, Belgian Congo, Carnation Revolution, Colonialism, Cultural hegemony, Decolonisation of Africa, Decolonisation of Asia, Decolonization, Decolonization of the Americas, Estado Novo (Portugal), Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, Head of state, Ideology, Imperialism, India, Indonesia, Inversion in postcolonial theory, Jordan, Kenya, Leopold II of Belgium, Linguistic imperialism, Luís Cabral, Mandatory Palestine, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Manuel Roxas, Military history of Portugal, Mozambican War of Independence, Nation-building, Nationalism, Neocolonial dependence, Neocolonialism, New Imperialism, Pakistan, Paulo Freire, Philippines, Portuguese Colonial War, Portuguese-speaking world, Post-communism, Postcolonial anarchism, Postcolonial feminism, Postcolonial theology, Postcolonialism, Samora Machel, Third World, Treaty of Manila (1946), Wars of national liberation, Western world.
Agostinho Neto
António Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan communist politician and poet.
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Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
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Angolan War of Independence
The Angolan War of Independence (1961–1974), known as the Armed Struggle of National Liberation (Portuguese: Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional) in Angola, was a war of independence fought between the Angolan nationalist forces of the MPLA, UNITA and FNLA, and Portugal.
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Aristides Pereira
Aristides Maria Pereira (17 November 1923 – 22 September 2011) was a Cape Verdean politician.
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Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (Congo belge,; Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
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Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), also known as the 25 April (25 de Abril), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Lisbon, producing major social, economic, territorial, demographic, and political changes in Portugal and its overseas colonies through the Processo Revolucionário Em Curso.
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Colonialism
Colonialism is the pursuing, establishing and maintaining of control and exploitation of people and of resources by a foreign group.
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Cultural hegemony
In Marxist philosophy, cultural hegemony is the dominance of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class who shape the culture of that society—the beliefs and explanations, perceptions, values, and mores—so that the worldview of the ruling class becomes the accepted cultural norm. Postcolonial Age and cultural hegemony are Postcolonialism.
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Decolonisation of Africa
The decolonisation of Africa was a series of political developments in Africa that spanned from the mid-1950s to 1975, during the Cold War.
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Decolonisation of Asia
The decolonisation of Asia was the gradual growth of independence movements in Asia, leading ultimately to the retreat of foreign powers and the creation of several nation-states in the region.
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Decolonization
independence. Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas.
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Decolonization of the Americas
The decolonization of the Americas occurred over several centuries as most of the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule.
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Estado Novo (Portugal)
The Estado Novo was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933.
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Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, also known as the Bissau-Guinean War of Independence, was an armed independence conflict that took place in Portuguese Guinea from 1963 to 1974.
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Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state.
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Ideology
An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones".
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Imperialism
Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism).
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Inversion in postcolonial theory
The concept of inversion in postcolonial theory and subaltern studies refers to a discursive strategy which opposes or resists a dominant discourse by turning around its categories and re-enacting an asymmetrical relation with the terms the other way around. Postcolonial Age and inversion in postcolonial theory are Postcolonialism.
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
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Leopold II of Belgium
Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
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Linguistic imperialism
Linguistic imperialism or language imperialism is occasionally defined as "the transfer of a dominant language to other people".
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Luís Cabral
Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral (11 April 1931 – 30 May 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau.
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Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
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Manuel Pinto da Costa
Manuel Pinto da Costa (born 5 August 1937) is a Santomean economist and politician who served as the first president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991.
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Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines from 1946 until his death in 1948.
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Military history of Portugal
The military history of Portugal is as long as the history of the country, from before the emergence of the independent Portuguese state.
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Mozambican War of Independence
The Mozambican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Portugal.
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Nation-building
Nation-building is constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state.
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Nationalism
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.
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Neocolonial dependence
Neocolonial dependence is an indirect outgrowth of Marxist thinking which is a subgroup of development economics.
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Neocolonialism
Neocolonialism is the control by a state (usually, a former colonial power) over another nominally independent state (usually, a former colony) through indirect means. Postcolonial Age and Neocolonialism are Postcolonialism.
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New Imperialism
In historical contexts, New Imperialism characterizes a period of colonial expansion by European powers, the United States, and Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
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Paulo Freire
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Marxist Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Portuguese Colonial War
The Portuguese Colonial War (Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation, and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974.
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Portuguese-speaking world
The Portuguese-speaking world, also known as the Lusophone World (Mundo Lusófono), comprises the countries and territories in which the Portuguese language is an official, administrative, cultural, or secondary language.
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Post-communism
Post-communism is the period of political and economic transformation or transition in post-Soviet states and other formerly communist states located in Central-Eastern Europe and parts of Latin America, Africa, and Asia, in which new governments aimed to create free market-oriented capitalist economies.
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Postcolonial anarchism
Post-colonial anarchism is a term used to describe anarchism in an anti-imperialist framework. Postcolonial Age and Postcolonial anarchism are Postcolonialism.
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Postcolonial feminism
Postcolonial feminism is a form of feminism that developed as a response to feminism focusing solely on the experiences of women in Western cultures and former colonies. Postcolonial Age and Postcolonial feminism are Postcolonialism.
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Postcolonial theology
Postcolonial theology is the application of postcolonial criticism to Christian theology. Postcolonial Age and postcolonial theology are Postcolonialism.
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Postcolonialism
Postcolonialism (also post-colonial theory) is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.
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Samora Machel
Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader.
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Third World
The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact.
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Treaty of Manila (1946)
The Treaty of Manila of 1946, formally the Treaty of General Relations and Protocol, is a treaty of general relations signed on July 4, 1946, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
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Wars of national liberation
Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
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