Join us for a book discussion set in Zimbabwe, formerly called Rhodesia in Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Damgarembga.
Here's a Book Summary:
This
stunning first novel, set in colonial Rhodesia during the 1960s,
centers on the coming of age of a teenage girl, Tambu, and her
relationship with her British-educated cousin Nyasha. Tambu, who yearns
to be free of the constraints of her rural village, especially the
circumscribed lives of the women, thinks her dreams have come true when
her wealthy uncle offers to sponsor her education. But she soon learns
that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a
price.
At the school she meets
the worldly and rebellious Nyasha, who is chafing under her father's
authority. Raised in England, Nyasha is so much a stranger among her own
people that she can no longer speak her native language. Tambu can only
watch as her cousin, caught between two cultures, pays the full cost of
alienation.
We'll be meeting in the Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood at Black Point Cafe on February 17 at 2pm.
Next Books to Read:
March: Equal of the Sun - Anita Amirrezvanni (Iran)
April: An American Radical - Susan Rosenberg (US)
May: Outcasts United - Warren St. John (US)
June: Don't be afraid Gringo - Elvia Alvarado (Honduras)
