Discover how authors like Nigerian Chinua Achebe, Mumbai born Salman Rushdie, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie give voice to the oppressed in postcolonial literature. Narratives from Britain's former colonies - The Caribbean, Africa and South Asia - tell stories of oppression, national identity and the struggle for independence.  Postcolonialism began to emerge with the fall of the British Empire in the min 20th century, and it remains a powerful testament to those overturning White dominance.