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Legacy elements: Colonial impact on African societies, cultural clash, and the loss of identity. Synopsis: The story of Okonkwo, an Igbo leader and local wrestling champion in the village of Umuofia, whose life falls apart because of a series of events, including the arrival of British colonizers.

Legacy elements: Post-apartheid social issues, examination of power dynamics, personal crisis. Synopsis: David Lurie, a South African professor, loses his job due to an affair and seeks refuge with his daughter, leading to a confrontation with post-apartheid societal changes.

Legacy elements: Slavery and its aftermath, the haunting of past horrors, mother-daughter relationships. Synopsis: Sethe, an escaped slave, is haunted by the ghost of her dead baby, and struggles with her memories and the past.

Legacy elements: Caste system, family dynamics, and post-colonial identity. Synopsis: A story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the 'Love Laws' that dictate who should be loved, and how.

Legacy elements: The partition of India, the interweaving of personal and national history, magical realism. Synopsis: The novel narrates the life of Saleem Sinai, born at the exact moment India gained independence from Britain, and how his life is intertwined with the country's history.

Legacy elements: Dominican history under dictatorship, immigrant experience, intergenerational trauma. Synopsis: The novel centers around Oscar, an overweight Dominican boy growing up in New Jersey, who is obsessed with science fiction and fantasy novels, and his quest for love.

Legacy elements: Western cultural arrogance, the missionary impact in Africa, post-colonial perspective. Synopsis: The story of a missionary family who move to the Belgian Congo in 1959, told from the perspective of the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, an evangelical Baptist.

Legacy elements: Effects of British colonialism in India, globalization, and immigrant experiences. Synopsis: The novel explores the lives of multiple characters, including an embittered judge who reflects on his past and his relationship with his granddaughter.

Legacy elements: Patriarchy in post-colonial societies, education and liberation, cultural hybridity. Synopsis: The novel focuses on the struggle of a young Shona girl in 1960s Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to get an education and better her life amidst gender and racial discrimination.