“ She thinks she is white,' they used to sneer, and that was as bad as a curse. ”
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.
~ Tsitsi Dangarembga
This business of womanhood is a heavy burden.
We co-existed in peaceful detachment
What it is,” she sighed, “to have to choose between self and security.