- African fiction (English), Colonial influence, Fiction, Girls
This is a book about the oppression of women by men.Men in a society have more rights than women and the women have to succumb to anything that men say.It also touches on religion and explains the roles of men and women.It also tells us about a young lady 'Nyasha" who left her home with her prents for England and went through a process called ASSIMILATION,which means that he suffered cultural schizophrenia.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Tsitsi Dangarembga
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 205
- Publisher
- Seal, Faber & Faber, Limited, Women's Press
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9781580051347
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