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Tsitsi Dangarembga
Writing Nervous Conditions, a landmark novel about a Zimbabwean girl’s education.
Nervous Conditions · The Book of Not
- Born
- 4 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Mutoko, Zimbabwe
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Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker whose work examines ambition, gender and colonial legacies.
Early life
Teaching family
Grew up with parents who worked in education.
Studies
Studied in Britain and Zimbabwe before training in filmmaking in Berlin.
Career
- 1980s
Theatre and fiction
Wrote plays before publishing her first novel.
- 1990s
Filmmaking
Founded Nyerai Films and directed Everyone’s Child.
- 2000s onward
Continuing the trilogy
Returned to her central character Tambudzai in later novels.
Selected work
Nervous Conditions
Explored a girl’s education in colonial Rhodesia.
The Book of Not
Continued Tambudzai’s story.
This Mournable Body
Completed the trilogy; the novel reached the Booker shortlist in 2020.
Beyond work
Film festival
Founded an international film festival focused on women.
Public voice
Campaigned for political reform in Zimbabwe.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Author biography ↗Photo: David Clarke, Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
