post-independence
Following colonial end
Post-independence describes the period after a nation gains sovereignty from colonial rule or foreign control: post-independence economic development, the post-independence government.
The term appears frequently in discussions of African, Asian, and Caribbean nations that emerged from European colonialism in the twentieth century: India's post-independence partition, post-independence Zimbabwe.
Supreme independent authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
decolonization · nationalism · statehood · republic · democracy · autonomy · liberation · freedom
Continental and diaspora solidarity ideology
- ujamaaCommunal family bond
- neocolonialismIndirect foreign domination
- one-party stateSole legal ruling faction
- FrancophoneFrench language user
Progress toward maturity
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- land reformRedistributing agricultural holdings
- five-year plansStrategies spanning sixty months
modernization · infrastructure · self-reliance · import substitution · economic planning · foreign aid · trade policy · agrarian reform
Barrier separating spaces
- colonial legacyEnduring impact of occupation
- freedom struggleEffort to end oppression
- anticolonialOpposing foreign territorial control
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
nation-state · border disputes · historical memory · commemoration · anniversary · national archives · founding documents · transitional period
Barrier separating spaces
- NehruIndian leader's namesake jacket
- non-alignmentRefusing superpower allegiance
- refugee crisisMass forced migration situation
- KashmirContested Himalayan region
Shared sense of nationhood
- cultural revivalRestoration of heritage practices
- indigenous languagesSpeech native to a region
- literary renaissanceFlourishing of written arts
- heritage preservationProtecting historical and cultural assets
national cinema · traditional arts · cultural nationalism · national museums · folklore · identity formation · vernacular · cultural institutions
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- nation-buildingConstructing governmental institutions
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
parliament · decolonization · nationalism · statehood · republic · democracy · autonomy · liberation · freedom · self-determination
Pan-Africanism
Continental and diaspora solidarity ideology
- ujamaaCommunal family bond
- neocolonialismIndirect foreign domination
- one-party stateSole legal ruling faction
development
Progress toward maturity
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
- land reformRedistributing agricultural holdings
five-year plans · modernization · infrastructure · self-reliance · import substitution · economic planning · foreign aid · trade policy · agrarian reform · mixed economy
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- colonial legacyEnduring impact of occupation
- freedom struggleEffort to end oppression
- anticolonialOpposing foreign territorial control
postcolonial · nation-state · border disputes · historical memory · commemoration · anniversary · national archives · founding documents · transitional period · early years
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- NehruIndian leader's namesake jacket
- non-alignmentRefusing superpower allegiance
- refugee crisisMass forced migration situation
national identity
Shared sense of nationhood
- cultural revivalRestoration of heritage practices
- indigenous languagesSpeech native to a region
- literary renaissanceFlourishing of written arts
heritage preservation · national cinema · traditional arts · cultural nationalism · national museums · folklore · identity formation · vernacular · cultural institutions
- Indian historyancient India, Akbar, Mughal Empire, British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi
- ArmeniaYerevan, Mount Ararat, Ararat, Etchmiadzin, Armenian Genocide
- Indian DiasporaGujaratis, Punjabis, Sikhs, expatriates, expats
- Hindi LiteratureRahim, Sunita, pad
- ZambiaLusaka, Zambezi, Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambians
- patentspatent, patents, patent application, patent office, patent applications
post-independencepre-independence
Before self-governance
pre-colonial · antebellum · colonial-era · colonial era · colonial period
post-independencecolonial
Of occupied territories
colonized · colonial-era · subjugated · dependent · occupied