Essays on Nervous Conditions

Africa has traditionally been a continent of mixed fortunes, where real-life stories of hope and despair abound. African traditions, values and customs have been slowly influenced by colonization and eventual globalization that has turned the world into a global village. The novel, Things fall apart, is a reflection of the extent to which Africans were tied to their beliefs and customs, as a violation of those customs was regarded as being disrespectful to the gods. Resistance to the new values and beliefs as brought by the missionaries are resisted since the communities regard them as inclined on disrupting the ...

Identify what you want to write about and explain why you want to write about it.

I want to explore Tsiti Dangarembga’s book Nervous Conditions as it relates to how it explains the built-in power structures in imperialism as well as traditional patriarchal society. Postcolonial and gender theory are both very useful lenses which writers can use to think about major literary works. This emphasis on critical theory as a way of explaining the meaning of Nervous Conditions is interesting and a very important part of what this paper will be about

Core work you will write about: Nervous Conditions (Dangarembga)

Supplemental works you will write about: Critical Theory Today A User Friendly Guide (Tyson) Introduction to Nervous Conditions(Appiah) Thesis Statement (This ...

Women in African culture

Nowadays we live in times of women emancipation. Men and women are equal in their rights and any display of gender discrimination is punishable by law. However, such situation was not common less then hundred years ago. The role of women in any society is hard to reevaluate. Women give birth to new people, they take care of their relatives, are homemakers and muses. Moreover, in era of women emancipation they run business and even rule countries. Such statements especially true for women in developed countries. Let us find out women’s position in Africa. At the beginning of ...