Books like Culture and imperialism

Culture and imperialism by Edward W. Said reads as academic, critical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Decolonising the Mind

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · 1986

Both explore identity & postcolonialism

76% genome match

Nation and narration

Homi K. Bhabha · 1990

Both explore postcolonialism & identity

72% genome match

The West and the rest of us

Chinweizu · 1975

Both explore postcolonialism

66% genome match

Peau Noire, Masques Blancs

Frantz Fanon · 1952

Both explore identity

67% genome match

Q & A

David L. Eng · 1998

Both explore identity

68% genome match

Américas e a civilização

Darcy Ribeiro · 1971

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Civilisation ou barbarie

Cheikh Anta Diop · 1981

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

I Write What I Like

Steve Biko · 1958

Both explore identity

58% genome match

Ecocriticism

Greg Garrard · 2004

Both explore culture & representation

78% genome match

Representations of the intellectual

Edward W. Said · 1994

Both explore power & culture

75% genome match

The Isis (Yssis) papers

Frances Cress Welsing · 1982

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The groundings with my brothers

Walter Rodney · 1969

Both explore identity

59% genome match