What it Means to be a “Good Girl” in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions — Watch Episode 19 of Prof. Ato Quayson’s Vlog

The nineteenth episode of Professor Ato Quayson’s vlog Critic.Reading.Writing is up! In this episode, the professor discusses the confluence of colonialism, education, and patriarchy in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988). Quayson delves into Dangarembga’s bildungsroman and her representation of girlhood from two perspectives during the colonial period in former Rhodesia. While Tambudzai regards her colonial education […]