This book focuses on the themes of Oppression and Humiliation especially under the evil systems of Casteism in India and Colonialism in Africa. This study demonstrates the condition of the marginalized and disadvantaged people who have been the victims of Oppression and Humiliation across the whole world. It also gives detailed historical backgrounds of Indian Casteism and African Colonialism.

In this book, an attempt has been made to discuss the works of the two socially committed Indian writers Mulk Raj Anand and Arundhati Roy to explore the area/issue of Casteism in Indian society.Chinua Achebe’s works have been discussed here to highlight the pathetic condition of the Africans under Colonial dominance.

It is shown/proved that the oppressed, humiliated and subjugated condition of the Indian Dalits and the Africans is a result of some socio-cultural and political evil systems like Casteism and Colonialism/Colonial dominance. Some effective ways to remove prevalent social evils like Casteism and Colonial or Neo-colonial dominance have also been presented.

Md. Manirul Islam (MA, BEd, MPhil and PhD) is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Maharaja Nandakumar Mahavidyalaya (Affiliated to Vidyasagar University), West Bengal, India. He received his MPhil and PhD in English from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India. His research interests include Indian Writing in English, Dalit Studies, Cultural studies, African and Caribbean Literatures. His scholarly articles have been published in various reputed journals and books. His book titled Studies in Select Indian and African Novels: Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie and Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease has been published by a Kolkata based publisher.