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Tsitsi Dangarembga's groundbreaking feminist novel 'Nervous Conditions' (1988) is set in which African country?

  1. South Africa
  2. Nigeria
  3. Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
  4. Kenya

Answer: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)

'Nervous Conditions' was the first novel published in English by a Black Zimbabwean woman. It explores the impact of colonialism and patriarchy on young girls in 1960s Rhodesia.

Topic Post-Colonial Literature
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, SSC CGL
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