PositiveThe Irish Times (IRE)To Dangarembga, continuing black female suffering is \'the metaphysical equivalent of a phantom limb\', resulting from a violent, patriarchal British colonial project. She is at her best when examining that project’s historical features and contemporary ramifications ... Dangarembga’s honesty and clear-sightedness is to her credit. Less convincing, however, are some significant generalisations about the British Empire ... Notwithstanding these, the collection is full of interesting and well-explored analyses of the politics of blackness in Zimbabwe and further afield.
