IJAH VOL 8 (1), JANUARY, 2019 Copyright © International Association of African Researchers and Reviewers, 2012-2019: www.afrrevjo.net Indexed African Journals Online (AJOL): www.info@ajol.info 56 International Journal of Arts and Humanities (IJAH) Ethiopia Vol. 8 (1), S/No 28, JANUARY, 2019: 56-65 ISSN: 2225-8590 (Print) ISSN 2227-5452 (Online) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijah.v8i1.6 The Politics of Home and Identity in V.S. Naipaul's The Mimic Men Asangaeneng, Joseph Department of English Akwa Ibom State University Obio Akpa Campus, Oruk Anam Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria E-mail: asangaenengjoseph@yahoo.com Udoette, Monica Department of English Akwa Ibom State University Obio Akpa Campus, Oruk Anam Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria Email: msudoette@yahoo.com Phone Number: +2348038021551 Abstract The motive of "home" and "identity" seems to be a recurrent one in African-Diasporan literature, especially the literature of the Caribbeans. This study presents V. S. Naipaul's The Mimic Men as a postcolonial novel that depicts the effects of colonialism on colonized people. The article clarifies the influence of colonialism on identity and how it affects the social, political, and psychological aspects of the people of a small Caribbean Island. The study highlights the manifestations related to the impact of colonization on self-identity and psychological confusion. The paper concludes that characters are emblematic of home and identity crisis and attest to the mimicry of displaced men. Introduction Home and the loss of home constitute a recurring motif in Postcolonial literatures. It encompasses the psychic and physical experience of colonized and colonizers, the contact zone where cultures meet and identities are formed, and of course embrace heterogeneity and