Postcolonial Reinterpretations of Myth in Modern and Contemporary Literature: a Comparative Study of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus and Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This research paper explores how Ghulam Qadir Khan Daur’s memoir Cheegha—The Call from Waziristan, the Last Outpost (2014) portrays the transformation of Pashtun life in Waziristan from communal stability to prolonged conflict and war. The paper examines the peaceful aspects of pre-war life and the changes brought by the Soviet Invasion and Post 9/11 War on terror in in Pashtun belt. The research follows qualitative approach and interprets selected passages through thematic and close reading. Daur remembers pre-war Waziristan as a society where people shared responsibilities, hospitality, settled disputes through Jirga system, and maintain strong ties with their motherland. The memoir then presents war as series of events that gradual change life in Waziristan. Daur describes how foreign intervention, state policies, militant violence, military operations, displacement affect local people and their traditions. The role of Hujra and Jirga declines, music and dance become less common, and women face greater restriction on their movement. The study argue that war in Pashtun belt affects not only people’s lives but also destroys cultural traditions and thousands of years old institutions that holds communities together. Keywords: Cheegha—The Call; Communal life before the War on Terror, Life after War on Terror
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7223043599