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the 1960s in colonial Rhodesia. Tambu leaves her rural home to be educated at an elite missionary school, which is headed by her uncle, Babamukuru, the head of her
extended family. Tambu receives this educational opportunity only because her brother, Nhamo, died and there are no other brothers. Otherwise, Tambu, as a female, would not receive this privilege. As
this suggests, Tambus world is characterized by patriarchy. The following examination of this novel focuses specifically the ramifications of the Shona and colonial patriarchal hierarchy in the lives of the
characters. As the novel begins, Tambu states explicitly that her purpose is to write "about my escape and Lucias; about my mothers and Maigurus entrapment; and about Nyashas rebellion"
(Dangarembga 1). Nyasha is Tambus cousin, the daughter of Babamukuru and Maiguru and her childhood was largely spent in Great Britain, as her parents were gaining their university degrees. Nyasha
represents the inherent pitfalls encompassed by being raised in one culture and then having to live in another, and the novel addresses the tension in this dual identity. Nyasha finds
it impossible to reintegrate into the Shona societal system. The tension she experiences manifests in an eating disorder, as periodically Nyasha would stop eating (Dangarembga 118). Lucia, Tambus unmarried
aunt, the younger sister of her mother, Mainini, is the only woman of her generation who is portrayed as having her own voice, as she insists on making her own
decisions, i.e., not asking Babamukurus permission, in regards to whom she dates and how she constructs her life. Lucias independence of spirit is clearly associated by the author with the
fact that this spirit has never been extinguished by the institution of marriage. Maiguru, on the other hand, derives her sense of self from her role as Babamukurus wife and,
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