Colonialism and the Position of the Indigenous

Hamidullah reacted out of his emotions on hearing the trail of Aziz, a trail based on the imaginative discourse of rape created by and aptly marketed by the British. But there are very few natives/indigenous who had the courage, social status and sense of awkwardness towards the British colonial rulers. Marlow might not retort the way a white usually retort after the natives’ attack in the river. But it is mistake to take this attitude as the proof of other whites’ regular behaviors. The two seminal writings A Passage to India and Heart of Darkness offered ample options to focus on the locations of the indigenous in Asia and Africa. This study will lead the readers towards the understanding of the horror of colonization and imperialism that dislocates the natives not only from their family/community/society but also from their own selves. They remain human only in stature. There are options for the readers to look at colonialism, imperialism and postcolonialism through textual connotations and get the explanation on how the gap between black and white is created through the binary Manichaeism.