I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.
“I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.”
“Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate.”