kumipaul 's review for:

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

3.5

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This story just got better and better as it progressed, and the last third especially was filled with beautiful examples of racial politics leading to conflicts between the have and have-nots, generational damage by the dominant patriarchy, the slow rise of women's voices, and the horrors of British colonization in Rhodesia, especially in education and religion.