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2000s: Where do you go after hope has departed?
This Mournable Body
What you need to know before your trail
Here we meet Tambudzai, living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare and anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job. At every turn in her attempt to make a life for herself, she is faced with a fresh humiliation, until the painful contrast between the future she imagined and her daily reality ultimately drives her to a breaking point.
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Travel to Harare with Tambu
This is the story of a black woman and all black women – what happens to them in their own country as they fight to survive and fight for everything they want in life. They have to fight the political structures, the system built for men, and a system with remnants of imperialism.
Harare is well evoked with the streets, neighbourhoods and areas evoked and described with humour, tongue in cheek, sadness and hope.
This is the story of one woman, many women, and of a country and the whole of Africa.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: This Mournable Body
Destination/location: Harare Author/guide: Tsitsi Dangarembga Departure Time: 2000s
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