Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions Summary, Major Themes, Analysis, Literary Techniques

Academic study guide to Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions (1988), the first English novel by a Black Zimbabwean woman and winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Examines themes of education, gender inequality, marginalization of women, colonialism, alienation, language exile, anorexia as rebellion, and the "nervous condition" of colonized subjects. Includes detailed character analysis of Tambudzai Sigauke, Nyasha, Babamukuru, Maiguru; plot summary; glossary of key terms; study questions; and references. Essential resource for students of African literature, postcolonial theory, and feminist criticism.