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Nervous Conditions By Tsitsi Dangarembga Summary

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Nervous Conditions `Tsitsi Dangarembga`
In our societies women are deprioritized and discriminated because of their gender, they struggle to express themselves vocally, simply because our world is male dominated. However Tsitsi Dangarembga`s Nervous Conditions (1988) is a feminist fiction. Rosemary Moyana on her essay also argues that the novel centers around women who struggle to challenge the patriarchal system of their society, and voice out their opinions . On the very first page of the novel Tambudzai the narrator of the story who is also the protagonist says “…my story is not after all about death, but about my escape and Lucia`s; about my mother`s and Maiguru`s entrapment; and about Nyasha`s rebellion…”, (Dangarembga 1988:1), this quote emphasizes that the story mainly concerns women who are trapped in a patriarchal Shona society, and some who try to oppose it even though they encounter some challenges.
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She also has to respect her husband’s demands. Nyasha is also the victim of sexism, during a quarrel between her and her father he says, “Today I am going to each you a lesson, and `he told her. How go can you go about disgracing me? Me! Like that! No, you cannot do it. I am respected at this mission. I cannot have a daughter who behaves like a whore.” (Dangarembga 1988:116) Here Babamukuru uses his maleness and practices patriarchy over his daughter by making it clear that she should do as she wishes because he sis the head of the house and that she has to do his will, this clearly shows that man in this novel are prioritized and respected because they are males

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