Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga

2 Series • 4 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Nervous Conditions Books
Start with: Nervous Conditions (1988)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Black and Female (2022)

ⓘ About Tsitsi Dangarembga

Later attending Arundel School, she would go on to receive her A-Levels there, before going on to study medicine at Cambridge University in England in 1977. Leaving after three years due to the racism she received, she would go on to teach, before studying medicine at the University of Zimbabwe. Working as a copywriter for a marketing agency, she would turn to writing, reading many of the classics of English and African literature, before becoming the successful writer she is today. As the central character in the novel itself, Tambu has just found out that her older brother Nhamo has died, although she didn’t know him all too well.

All Book Series by Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Nervous Conditions

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1988

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1988
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The Book of Not

Book 2 of 3 · published 2006

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2006
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This Mournable Body

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2018

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2018
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Black and Female

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tsitsi Dangarembga?

Later attending Arundel School, she would go on to receive her A-Levels there, before going on to study medicine at Cambridge University in England in 1977. Leaving after three years due to the racism she received, she would go on to teach, before studying medicine at the University of Zimbabwe. Working as a copywriter for a marketing agency, she would turn to writing, reading many of the classics of English and African literature, before becoming the successful writer she is today.

Which Tsitsi Dangarembga series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Nervous Conditions series, the earliest of Tsitsi Dangarembga's multi-book series: it opens with Nervous Conditions (1988) and runs to 3 books across 1988–2018, ending with This Mournable Body (2018).

How many books has Tsitsi Dangarembga written?

Tsitsi Dangarembga has 4 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1988 and 2022. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Nervous Conditions series with 3 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

In what order should Tsitsi Dangarembga's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tsitsi Dangarembga's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Nervous Conditions (1988–2018, 3 books).

How are Tsitsi Dangarembga's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tsitsi Dangarembga's 4 books into 1 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Nervous Conditions (3 books, 1988–2018).