Quote by Tsitsi Dangarembga: “We are all responsible for the culture we inhabit.”

This statement means that the customs, beliefs, and practices of a society are not fixed but are actively shaped by everyone living within it. It highlights collective responsibility for societal norms.

This idea is central to Dangarembga's critical essays and her literary works. It was particularly pertinent during Zimbabwe's post-independence period, when discussions around national identity and the transformation of inherited cultural norms were vital for shaping a new society.

Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker whose 1988 debut novel Nervous Conditions was the first novel by a Black Zimbabwean woman to be published in English. The novel's title is drawn from a line in Fanon's preface to The Wretched of the Earth. She received the PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression in 2021 after being arrested at a protest in Harare.