She attends school for the next two years. Matimba points out that Tambu will be able to support the family with a job if she's educated. Matimba is able to raise ten pounds for Tambu's education. By telling a white woman that Tambu is an orphan, Mr. Matimba, broke up the fight, listened to Tambu's story, and offered to help her sell her corn in Umtali.
At Sunday school, Tambu discovered that Nhamo was the one stealing them and attacked him. When the corn was ripe, the cobs began to disappear. Instead, Tambu asked for corn to grow so she could raise her own school fees. Jeremiah insisted that Tambu didn't need to go to school, while Mainini counseled Tambu to learn to carry the weight of womanhood and make sacrifices. While he was gone, Tambu's family was unable to send Tambu after her first year of school. Babamukuru went to England in 1960 to study with his wife, Maiguru, and two children, Nyasha and Chido. Her highly educated uncle, Babamukuru, insisted that Nhamo begin school early. Tambu begins to dislike Nhamo long before he dies in 1968. She'd like to explain how she came to feel that way and tell the stories of her aunt Lucia, her mother, Mainini, her aunt Maiguru, and her cousin, Nyasha. Make sure to READ IT.The narrator, a woman named Tambu, tells the reader that she wasn't sorry when her brother Nhamo died.
It surely is a must-read book… You are missing a lot in your life if you haven’t read it yet. This journey of Tambu helps us view society from a different perspective and the fact that everything is achievable is what is portrayed throught this marvellous work by Tsitsi Dangarembga. This book introduces us to many numerous struggles that women experience. It is not what seemed like from a distance and the lives of Maiguru and Nyasha were not what it should have been like. In her journey to better her condition through education she finds out shocking truths in the Babamukuru’s household. As Tambu goes on to live with Babamukuru, many other secrets and true colours of Babamukuru is revealed. Babamukuru was always given respect and was looked upon with awe as he could achieve success through persistance and hard work. Tambu goes along with Babamukuru (her wealthy and learned uncle) for higher studies in England.
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