Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, activist, and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is no new name to the Southern African reader, having penned the highly acclaimed Tambudzai Trilogy of novels Nervous Condition (1988), The Book of Not (2006) and This Mournable Body (2018). Her newest title, Black and Female, examines the legacy of imperialism on her own life and on every aspect of black embodied African life. This collection weaves the personal and political in an illuminating exploration of race and gender. Listen to her chatting with Angela Davis, yes that Angela Davis, about the book by clicking here.
Black and Female
By: Tsitsi Dangarembga
Reviewed by James Murua
in January 2024
Published: 2022
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Limited
ISBN: 9780571373192