Essays Tagged: "Nyasha"

Is feminism indeed a destructive import, or a necessary adn liberating new way of seeing, behaving and believing?

has to prove her competency far more then her brother ever had to, and merely because she is female.Nyasha works exceptionally hard to try to prove her worth to her father, Babamukuru. They have an ex ... - and yet this female ownership is learned Babmukuru's belief.It is interesting to note that while Nyasha's father is threatening to kill her, her mother is pleading for her safety, willing to sacrif ...

(3 pages) 49 1 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Essay on Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

icance of the English language as a symbol of emancipation runs through Nervous Conditions. Just as Nyasha had forgotten how to speak Shona during her stay in England, so Nhamo affects the same aphasi ... life at the mission are not that different. Maiguru is no happier with her lot than Tambu's mother. Nyasha tells Tambu that her mother "spends most of her life complaining." The first meal shows that ...

(7 pages) 77 0 4.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors