Tsitsi Dangarembga

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
Filmmaker
gptkbp:associatedAct Social justice
Feminism
Anti-colonialism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Commonwealth_Writers'_Prize
Zora_Neale_Hurston/Richard_Wright_Legacy_Award
gptkbp:birthPlace Mutoko, Zimbabwe
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:education gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:University_of_Zimbabwe
gptkbp:genre Drama
Fiction
gptkbp:hasBirthDate 1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tsitsi Dangarembga
gptkbp:influenced Feminist literature
Postcolonial literature
Contemporary_African_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Nadine_Gordimer
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:Buchi_Emecheta
Toni Morrison
Chinua Achebe
Wole Soyinka
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
gptkbp:involvedIn Education reform
Women's rights advocacy
Cultural criticism
Literary_activism
The_Zimbabwean_film_industry
gptkbp:language English
Shona
gptkbp:nationality Zimbabwean
gptkbp:notableEvent International recognition for literary contributions
Arrest during anti-government protests
Screening of her films at international festivals
Participation_in_the_Harare_International_Festival_of_the_Arts
Launch_of_the_Dangarembga_Foundation
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Book_of_Not
Nervous Conditions
This Mournable Body
gptkbp:occupation Director
Novelist
Screenwriter
gptkbp:residence Harare, Zimbabwe
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Tinashe_Dangarembga
gptkbp:website tsitsidangarembga.com