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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn this post colonial text Purple Hibiscus, the impacts of British
colonisation can still be felt in the domestic life of Eugene Achike long after the
period of colonisation has ceased. There is an oppressive presence by the father to
instill western beliefs and customs to the rest of the family through Ideology State
Apparatuses that silence becomes central in the family. Silence is thus probed
further in this paper by revealing the causes and diverse meanings it has in the
household whereby a kind of family-colonisation occurs; the oppressive father
becomes the silent representation of the coloniser and the oppressed family as the
colonised subjects. Using literary approach, theories and concepts in post
colonialism are applied to unearth the manifestations of the father’s ideological
oppression in familial space before the diverse meanings of silence from the rest
of the family are revealed. In the end of the study, it can be concluded that
ideological oppression brings about silence in the family but this silence should
no longer be associated with being powerless because its multifarious forms and
meanings can turn into a useful tool of resistance and speak louder than words.
Furthermore, it should be highlighted that colonisation is being presented as not
only occurring between nations but also feasible to be evident in a private domain
of domesticity.