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Nervous Conditions Study Guide

by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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The narrator, Tambudzai, Tambu for short, begins this story at the end: "I was not sorry when my brother died." That happened in the year 1968, and the first chapter sets the context for that event. In anecdotal style, Tambu looks back at the year 1965, when her father decided that Nhamo, Tambu's older brother, would go to the mission school and live with Babamukuru, Tambu's uncle. She remembers how her father was always grateful for the generosity of his brother, who had educated himself and thus found financial success. He and his wife, Maiguru, moved to England with their children, Nyasha and Chido, for five years. Without Babamukuru's generosity, the narrator's family struggled financially.

Mr. Matimba, Tambu's teacher, advises her to…

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