African Fiction Journal on the book Nervous Conditions

Thinking about traditional Africa helps us to discern the origins and development of our own society and culture. The progression of newly liberated African countries is but a reflection of the world economy, whether we choose to believe in fair trade or systems of “thieves and robbers.” Understanding the situations current African generations are living in allows us to determine the quality of our own lives and the substance that makes us who were are, …

…people. They must stand, they are the weaker sex in this new modernized world, but there is always hope. Warĩĩnga is that hope that Africans can keep their culture and world, but when the moment of fatality comes they can pull the trigger and kill. They can hold on to their heritage and survive in a modern world. The people have the power, for “The voice of the people is the voice of God.”