By Paidashe Mandivengerei INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed writer, Tsitsi Dangarembga has blamed the perpetuation of sexual abuse on the country’s patriarchal system. Through her writings, the novelist has highlighted the plight of Zimbabwean women whose rights she has been advocating. Her famous work, the novel trilogy; Nervous Conditions (1988), The Book of Not (2006), This Mournable Body (2018) brings to the fore the struggles faced by women in Zimbabwe through her femme protagonist, Tambu. Speaking in an interview with Sudanese-British journalist, Zeinab Badawi on BBC’s HARDtalk Monday, Dangarembga said sexual abuse was rampant in Zimbabwe because of the patriarchal mindset of those in positions of power.