Tsitsi Dangarembga Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“It’s bad enough . . . when a country gets colonized, but when the people do as well! That’s the end, really, that’s the end.”
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“Can you cook books and feed them to your husband? Stay at home with your mother. Learn to cook and clean. Grow vegetables.”
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“Everything about her spoke of alternatives and possibilities that if considered too deeply would wreak havoc with the neat plan I had laid out for my life.”
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“This business of womanhood is a heavy burden.”
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“You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your perception...you see what is, where most people see what they expect.”
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“I was not sorry when my brother died”
-- Tsitsi Dangarembga
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