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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1776 words (7.1 pages) in the essay titled tsitsi dangarembga Tsitsi Dangarembga: A Blend of Two CharactersThe novel Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga was written as an attempt to recount the tales of an African girl s coming of age in colonial Rhodesia in the 1960 s. While one can see that Dangarembga s story is autobiographical one can also see that her life is represented by parts of more than one character. Tsitsi Dangarembga s life story can be found by fusing the characters of Tambu and Nayasha into one. Through her portrayals of Tambu and Nayasha she examines the internal conflict of her desire to cling to her African identity and balance it with her English upbringing. The development of the characters Tambu and Nayasha is a result of Tsi tsi s double conscience. Tsi tsi feels that when one is placed in a situation which he does not feel he is at home he begins to develop this double conscience. Tambu feels she is not at home when she returns home for Christmas vacation. She notes, I could not imagine anyone actually wanting to go there.... Nayasha does not feel at home either. She knows that she is not in England anymore, and she knows she must conform to some degree, but she finds it hard to adjust. I am not one of them, but I am not one of you. She says, When you ve seen different things you want to be sure you re adjusting to the right thing......I don t want to be anyone s underdog. Dangaremba admits that clearly none of the female characters in the novel appear to be at home; including Tambu an... |
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Keywords: nervous conditions by tsitsi dangarembga, tsi, conscience, novel, rhodesia, underdog, english upbringing, african identity, african girl, cultural identity, christmas vacation, internal conflict, life story, recount, different things