Pop Cultue, decolonization

I have read the book Things Fall Apart, which is about an African who deals with the colonization of his village.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart

I have also read The Kite Runner, which depicts a young boy growing up in the middle east. It was written by Khaled Hosseini.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner