The Homestead in the Zimbabwean countryside is an important location to Nervous Conditions, as it sets up the initial conflict of the story. At the homestead Tambu yearns for an education and even grows her own maize to sell for funds so that she can attend the local school (Dangarembga 33) .

The mission school in Umtali, South Rhodesia, present day Mutare, Zimbabwe, is a significant location in Nervous Conditions because it is the location where Tambu’s worldview is tested and altered by the Western education offered to her.