Part  A:  Nervous Conditions.
Identify and write analysis notes on a character, theme, key event, conflict, or aspect of Shona culture presented in Nervous Conditions that you consider important to understanding the novel.  (Tip: Use the Nervous Conditions online Study Guide as a resource to help you choose a topic and/or locate specific passages.) 
In writing your Part A notes and preparing for Seminar #6, be sure to:

Cite and be prepared to discuss specific examples from Nervous Conditions
relevant to interpreting the selected character, theme, key event, conflict, or aspect of Shona culture; and . . .

Write notes and be prepared to explain why you consider the selected character, theme, event, conflict, or cultural aspect to be important, and/or what it contributes to the overall meaning or impact of the novel.

Part B:  Comparison/Contrast Topic
Compare and/or Contrast selected aspect/s of Nervous Conditions to another African "text" that we've studied this term: that is, identify/list at least two similarities and/or differences that seem significant in helping us better understand African cultures, oral traditions, literatures, and/or film (e.g. common trends, diversity, change or development over time).  In writing your Part B notes & preparing for Seminar #6, be sure to:

Cite and be prepared to discuss specific examples from Nervous Conditions and
[an]other African text[s] that illustrate the differences and/or similarities that you identify; and . . . 

Write notes and be prepared to explain why you consider the identified differences and/or similarities to be significant to developing our understanding of African cultures, oral traditions, literatures, and/or film.