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Find a news story that highlights national identity in a postcolonial country (a nation colonized by another nation, but that later became independent). Post the link to your story and answer the following questions:

Which nation's identity is highlighted in the article?
What country colonized the nation you are considering? In what year was the nation colonized and in what year did it become independent?
What features of national identity relate to the experience of colonization? What features "endured" through colonialism, or have emerged since colonialism to shape the identity of the nation?
Does media coverage of this nation reflect an awareness of the postcolonial power dynamics that shape the expression of national identity? Explain.
What surprises you about the articulation of nationalist sentiment and experience in this case, and how does it compare to your understanding of nationalism in America?

Useful Search Terms

Using the correct words to search will help you find information that is relevant to your topic.

Try These To Get Started

"national identity" (note the quotation marks around this paired phrase)
nationalism
the name of your postcolonial country

News Coverage in MJC Databases

Library article databases provide you with complete articles from numerous publications for free.

Get started by using these databases below:

Access World News
Search the full-text of editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources. This is your source for The Modesto Bee from January 1989 to the present. Also includes in-depth special reports and hot topics from around the country.
To access The Modesto Bee, limit your search to that publication.

Even though these articles were published well after your time period, you can search for your time period to find subjects mentioned that you can then try to find primary sources to illustrate the point you learned about in one of these articles.
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts
Gale Databases
Once you have run your search, be sure to select News as your source type.
CountryWatch
Once you run your search, be sure to select articles from Country Wire because these will include news articles from your country.

How To Choose Your News

Video by Damon Brown for TED-Ed (4:48)

News on the Web

Selected Websites for this Project

There are many news sources on the Web. You can get started with your Web searching using these sites below:

Google News
Google News is a news service developed by Google that presents a continuous flow of links to articles from thousands of publishers and news sources. You can search for topics, places, or specific news sources.
Associated Press
Broad coverage of U.S. and global news
UPI
United Press International

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