Unarchived Histories,nationalism and the Indian Ocean World in M.g.vassanji's the In-between World of Vikram Lall

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Nationalism truncated the Indian Ocean's interconnectedness, silencing diverse histories and narratives.
Vassanji's novel highlights the impact of national borders on oceanic culture, reflecting on lost diasporic memories.
Using an Indian Ocean framework, this analysis addresses historiographic erasures and their implications today.
Literary forms become pivotal in unearthing submerged pasts, mourning the closure of an oceanic world.

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This essay examines how postcolonial nationalism erases oceanic histories in a multi-ethnic world, revealing literary responses.

Rajavetrivel et al. (2025) studied this question.

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