Brother's Death

The narrator Tambudzai, or Tambu, opens the novel by stating flatly, “I was not sorry when my brother died.” She later brings us back to opening moment of the novel again in chapter 3, when Nhamo is late returning from school as expected.What, in your opinion, is the core reason she's not sorry about his death?  Give two pieces of textual evidence (i.e. quotes) to support your idea. 1-2 paragraphs.

Tambu and Lucia

Why does Tambu think the men have underestimated Lucia? What does Lucia do after the family dare? Why does Mainini have trouble making up her mind (p. 153)? Why does Lucia come to the mission with her sister and what is the outcome? How do Nyasha and Tambu differ in their appraisal of Babamukuru getting Lucia a job? (1-2 paragraphs) (From http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/dangarembga.htm#NERVOUSCONDITIONS)

Tambu at the end

Tambu tells us “seeds do grow” p. 203: what does she mean? Why does she no longer accept Sacred Heart as the “sunrise on my horizon”? Interpret the narrator’s closing statements, pp. 203-204. Where do you suppose Tambudzai is now and what might she be doing, at the time when she “set down this story”? What do you imagine that “long and painful process” of “expansion” over many years has meant to Tambudzai? (From http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/dangarembga.htm#NERVOUSCONDITIONS) 1-2 paragraphs