Nervous Conditions By Tsitsi Dangaremba

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NERVOUS CONDITIONS (TSITSI DANGAREMBA)
Nervous conditions, is a novel by Tsitsi Dangaremba, the novel depict women facing different problems. Each woman in the novel find her own way of dealing with her problem. The problems are related to patriarchy which contributes significantly to the oppression of women in Africa. According to patriarchal fundamentalism, the Universe was created and is ruled by a male god who created men in his image to worship him. Everything else is non-divine and belongs to the class of animals, including women, adapted from (rethinking a woman’s world Philip Higgs and Jane Smith p:92). This essay aim to discuss women’s problems in relation to patriarchal, power relation and gender in the novel, and how they are dealing
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Tambu did not like the idea of a white wedding for her parents and she ended up not attending the wedding. Unlike Tambu, Nyasha, Maiguru and Lucia, Ma’Shanga has excepted her fate as a servant to the men in her life, “This business of womanhood is a heavy burden”.

ASSIGNMENT 01 ENG2603/2018
STUDENT NUMBER: 43068065
MODULE CODE: ENG2603
NAME AND SURNAME: NGWAMBA DUMENGO THOMAS
DUE DATE: 22 MARCH 2018

VERVOUS CONDITION (TSITSI DANGAREMBA)
This is more of most women in rural Africa, they have accepted the servant hood of their man and are raising their children to be like them. Standing up against their husband is a disgrace to their family and that symbolize that their family did not raise them up very well.
In conlussion the essay looked at problems faced by women in the novel Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangaemba. Each of these women have find their own way of dealing with their problems. Except for Ma’Shangayi who accepted to be the servant of a men. Both Maiguru, Nyasha, Tambu, and Lucia, did stand up and raised their hands to say enough is enough we cannot take it anymore. Maiguru stood up against her husband so is Nyasha against her controlling father and Tambu to her uncle. Lucia stood up to the patriarch and make her voice

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