# @thebookerprizes on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CI06AlYDDeg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24487691-thebookerprizes-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/124a0012b6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-12-15T17:25:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Booker Prizes (@thebookerprizes) — https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes

## Caption

During this interview, filmed for the @BBCTwo documentary about The Booker Prize and shown in the 2020 Booker Prize winner ceremony, #2020BookerPrize shortlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga explains why it was important for This Mournable Body to connect with young women: 

‘African women are meant to be superwomen, they’re meant to be able to take everything, never break down. If you do, you’re disgracing yourself, your family, your community, your country and your race. I wanted the book to really resonate with readers, especially young female readers in Zimbabwe and on the continent’ 

@faberbooks 

#FinestFiction #TheBookerPrizes #TsitsiDangarembga #ThisMournableBody #bookstagram #instabooks #amreading #igreads #author #fiction

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Booker Prizes | @thebookerprizes | https://gondola.cc/thebookerprizes | Awards Organization |

## Tags

amreading, fiction, tsitsidangarembga, igreads, bookstagram, author, thismournablebody, thebookerprizes, finestfiction, 2020bookerprize, instabooks

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