Anglo-African Literature

Week 9 - 17 Apr: Dangarembga


Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous Conditions

https://www.google.cz/books/edition/Nervous_Conditions/7Z8CEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Tsitsi+Dangarembga,+Nervous+Conditions&printsec=frontcover

Read the available pages (chapter 1 and part of chapter 2).

Study Questions

 1 Why was the novel´s protagonist and narrator (Tambu) not sorry when her brother Nhamo died? Characterize her.

2 Describe how the area changed over the years.

3 What role does the river play in the novel?

4 Identify the tone of the description of the place and the changes happening there.

5 Why is education of the boy so important for the whole family?

6 Describe the position of Nhamo and the girls within the family.