English Literature / Unit 18 ENL 1702 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Empire, Independence and English
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The idea
After the Second World War, the anchor notes, Britain lost world power as colonies claimed independence: the partition of India in nineteen forty-seven, the Suez Crisis, and the independence of Nigeria in nineteen sixty and Kenya. English remained a literary language in many former colonies.
In practice
Independence, and English remains.
Where people slip
Writing in English became a political choice.
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