Tambu at the mission is expected to be more civilized. This is because the mission is the civilized so students are expected to civilized. She is also excepted to act civilized so that it will rube off on Nyasha. This is because Babamukuru thinks that Tambu is how a daughter should act and he believes that Nyasha isn't how daughters should act.
She is also expected act intelligent. This is because she is at the mission so people around her tink becasue she is going to school she must act intellegable. This is also taken out into the community when she is back at the house she is expected to be intellegent like Maiguru.
While when she is at the homestead she is supposed to act like the other women. She is supposed to take car of all cooking and clean all house jobs. She also doesn't get any credit for it either. She is supposed to act like this because this was how women where treated in 1960 in Rodesia.
Finally She must act up to everyones standards. Her whole family expects her to do everything and do it well. This is one becasue her father is lazy and doesn't work and when the work isn't done well he beats her. Also Babmukuru expects her to do well in school and act like a perfect child so that it rubs off on Nyasha. So over all she has to cat perfect.
I think you got the general stuff down. I wish you would elaborate on the expectations of "other women," though. Also, I don't really remember her dad beating her just for a job not being done well, but I may have missed it. Overall, pretty good analysis. Now, what are YOUR expectations, exactly? That was the only thing missing from this post.
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