Which of the following trends in postcolonial politics is best illustrated by the passage? The mass migration of minority ethnic groups is a natural result of postcolonial state-building.
New generations of activists reject the ideas about nationhood that brought independence.
The same grievances about colonial rule are brought up against the governments of new states.
States created by colonial powers for their own purposes split up as older ethnic divisions resurface.

Postcolonial literature is the literature by people from formerly colonized countries.[1] It exists on all continents except Antarctica. Postcolonial literature often addresses the problems and consequences of the decolonization of a country, especially questions relating to the political and cultural independence of formerly subjugated people, and themes such as racialism and colonialism.[2] A range of literary theory has evolved around the subject. It addresses the role of literature in perpetuating and challenging what postcolonial critic Edward Said refers to as cultural imperialism.[3]

Migrant literature and postcolonial literature show some considerable overlap. However, not all migration takes place in a colonial setting, and not all postcolonial literature deals with migration. A question of current debate is the extent to which postcolonial theory also speaks to migration literature in non-colonial settings.