The Construction of Fragile Identities: African Women’s Narratives of Post-colonial Trauma in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions and Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

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Literary analysis highlights post-colonial trauma and identity in works by Adichie and Dangarembga, indicating their significance.

Post-colonial trauma shapes identities of female characters in Adichie’s and Dangarembga’s narratives, promoting community healing.
The examination of relationships between female characters and indigenous males reveals imposed fractured identities, highlighting societal dynamics.
The paper proposes a feminist trauma theory approach to understand the narratives, emphasizing their role in articulating collective healing.
Historical colonial trauma is interwoven with the identities of African women, as depicted in both authors' works.

Opumbi et al. (2025) studied this question.

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