• S.Saravanan

Post colonialism advocates freedom of the colonizers from the clasps of religion, language and history. But internally it never falls short of oppressing and crushing the colonized completely in all spheres of life. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus is a microcosm of the despotism and authoritarianism of the post colonial Nigeria depicting the double–tongued nature of the colonizers who advocate freedom and equality to all while exercising absolute control over the people. The hypocritic, autocratic and narcissistic attitude of the major character Eugene leads to the tyrannicide of him by his son Jaja. The novel projects Eugene as an embodiment of Postcolonial Nigeriaand his children Jaja and Kambili as the symbol of colonized subjects who long for the articulation of their mind. The eventual assassination of the ruler Eugene by his ruled Jaja downs the curtain of the Postcolonial tyranny in the name of freedom and liberty.

Tyranny. Freedom, Religion , Control, Tyrannicide

"POSTCOLONIALISM AS THE DOUBLE-BARRELED GUN OF TYRANNY AND FREEDOM IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.243-247, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06050.pdf

"POSTCOLONIALISM AS THE DOUBLE-BARRELED GUN OF TYRANNY AND FREEDOM IN CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S PURPLE HIBISCUS.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp243-247, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06050.pdf