College Literature, February 1st, 1995
Tsitsi Dangarembga's novel 'Nervous Conditions' focuses on the alienation of Shona women from restrictive traditional practices. Barred by custom from disagreeing verbally with their family, one woman chooses to rebel by feigning paralysis while another refuses to eat food. In both cases, the women express rebellion through the body. Dangarembga's novel illustrates how the acquisition of education and the adoption of Western ways can have painful consequences for modern African women.
Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga is currently writing the sequel to her first novel, Nervous Conditions (...
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