Wedding

In Chapter Eight, Tambu's nervous condition manifests itself when the time comes for her parents' wedding. "Whenever I thought about it... I suffered a horrible crawling over my skin, my chest contracted to a breathless tension and even my bowels threatened to let me know their opinion." She is angry and resentful of Babamukuru for insisting that the marriage take place. Tambu finds it demeaning, as the event makes her feel like it casts a shadow of sin over her childhood, but she cannot stop it. For the first time, Tambu disobeys Babamukuru, she does not go to the wedding.