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Nervous Conditions: A Novel Audiobook
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A modern classic in the African literary canon and voted in the Top Ten Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, this novel brings to the politics of decolonization theory the energy of women’s rights. An extraordinarily well-crafted work, this book is a work of vision. Through its deft negotiation of race, class, gender and cultural change, it dramatizes the ‘nervousness’ of the ‘postcolonial’ conditions that bedevil us still. In Tambu and the women of her family, we African women see ourselves, whether at home or displaced, doing daily battle with our changing world with a mixture of tenacity, bewilderment and grace.
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“Dangarembga’s depiction of [Tambu], abject and vulnerable, yet struggling ever onwards, is reminiscent of Jean Rhys at her best.”
— The Spectator (London)
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“One of the twentieth century’s most significant works of African literature.”
— New York Times
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Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize
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About Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga is the author of three books in the Nervous Conditions, series. In 2021 she was honored with the PEN Award for Freedom of Expression. She is also a winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. She is the director of the Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa Trust. She lives in Zimbabwe.