How I became me: award winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga
The author of 鈥楴ervous Conditions鈥�, voted in the top 10 of Africa鈥檚 Best Books of the 20th century, talks about the people and events that lead her to the life she has today
Tsitsi Dangarembga is a critically acclaimed Zimbabwean writer.
She is known for her trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels- 鈥楴ervous Conditions鈥�, 鈥楾he Book of Not鈥�, and 鈥楾his Mournable Body'.
She鈥檚 won awards, made films, been arrested for anti-government protests in her home country and lived in Zimbabwe and abroad.
For the last episode in our 鈥楬ow I became me鈥� series, Alan Kasujja speaks to her about the choices and moments that shaped her life and her decision to become a writer.
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