Shelf Interest: "Nervous Conditions" book chat - Members Only

Join us to for our virtual discussion of "Nervous Conditions" by Tsitsi Dangarembga.

About the Author

Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in Mutoko, Zimbabwe. Her first novel NERVOUS CONDITIONS (1988) was hailed by Doris Lessing as one of the most important novels of the twentieth century and was included in the BBC's 2018 list of the 100 books that shaped the world. THE BOOK OF NOT (2006) and THIS MOURNABLE BODY (2018), long-listed for the Booker Prize 2020, complete the Tambudzai Trilogy. Her collection of essays, BLACK AND FEMALE was published in 2022.

Dangarembga founded the Institute of Creative Arts for Progress in Africa (ICAPA) in 2009, and its publishing division in 2014.  She is writing SAI-SAI AND THE GREAT ANCESTOR OF FIRE, a dystopic speculative young adult fiction.  Her plays were performed at the University of Zimbabwe.  Her short musical KARE KARE ZVAKO, (MOTHER'S DAY, 2005) was screened at Sundance.  She runs capacity…