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Introduction of the essay: Question 1: Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga The novel Nervous Conditions by Tsisti Dangarembga’s explores how Rhodesian women in the 1960’s are oppressed by colonization, patriarchy, race, gender, culture and class. The novel examines the inequalities women face through the representation of Dangarembga’s narrator, Tambu. Early in her life Tambu’s mother says to her: “[t]his business of women is a heavy burden…when there are sacrifices to be made,...