• Umber Javed

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• Tahseen Javed

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• Aneela Khalid

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The colonial power ruled the colonized world for a long period it had lifted its marks on the
native society. The present paper will highlight that the hybrid culture is one of the lingering
effect of the colonial rule. Adiche’s second novel Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) highlights that in
postcolonial society everything is hybrid. The interaction between the two opposite cultures has
created a new dimension in both culture where nothing is pure now. Culture is a source of
identity for a nation which often destroyed by the colonial power. Colonial power in Africa
destroyed the social and cultural fabric of the Africa and they replaced it with their own culture
in native’s land. With this assimilation there is no pure culture now in the native land. Under the
colonial rule both the native and colonial power has impacted each other and the whole culture
is hybrid.

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