To What Does the Term Postcolonial Refer

To what does the term postcolonial refer?

A) diplomatic efforts by the superpowers to play the interests of newly independent states off those of their former colonizers
B) the vehement nationalism of independence movements in Europe's Asian colonies
C) the many legacies of colonial rule, which have extended well beyond independence
D) the emergence of political and cultural philosophies rejecting the legacies of colonialism
E) the decade following independence when a new nation establishes itself economically