“A Too Civilized World”

Nervous Conditions
 
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
 
“The condition of native is a nervous condition”. Taken from “The Wretched of the Earth”, this phrase is the basis for Tsitsi Dangarembga’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel Nervous Conditions, set in post-colonial Rhodesia in the early 1960s. Dangarembga was born in Zimbabwe, but spent part of her childhood in England [...]

Nervous Conditions: World Issues Exposed

Nervous Conditions, written as a bildungsroman follows the life of Tambu as she grows and struggles between two clashing cultures: African and Western. The story exposes many of the issues and problems the world faces today, from decolonization to culture loss, as we transform into a global village. Written from the perspective a female protagonist, [...]