Class discussion and analysis focused on interactions between Africans, African Americans, Europeans, and European Americans. Through various texts and genres, the class was shown various cross-cultural encounters that have shaped people's perceptions of the twenty-first century. Many factors play a role in intercultural encounters. This article examines three of these factors: race, gender, and education. The examination of these three factors will finally give the reader the possibility to choose which factor is most responsible for the formation of the intercultural encounters that were presented in the classroom texts. When considering intercultural encounters, it is important to keep in mind the complexity involved when an encounter occurs. Initial interactions lead to a power dynamic that usually leads to a superior figure and, consequently, an inferior figure. The idea of ​​power dynamics will be sufficiently covered later in this article. However, after the initial interaction, there is a catalyst that pushes the encounter to further levels. The mystery is finding these catalysts, or reasons to continue the intercultural encounter. The three factors that may be most responsible for shaping the intercultural encounters that have occurred in our school texts – race, gender, and education – can all be examined as separate entities. Before this article does just that, all three factors that play a role in an intercultural encounter are examined simultaneously. Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions is the culmination of all three factors that play a role in the various intercultural encounters that take place within her text. At the beginning of the story, Tambu states to her brother: “I want to go… middle of paper… the driving force by which the white race suppressed the black race. Education and gender, moreover, are seen as separate means through which manipulation could be facilitated. Educational manipulation was shown in Babamakuru's actions and Frank's words. Gender has also been highlighted through the inequality that women suffer from when tied to the power dynamic system described above. As a reader, various factors have been presented that may be responsible for shaping intercultural encounters. Race, gender, and education were detailed in depth. Furthermore, a common denominator said to be inferiority was also linked to the three factors presented in this paper. It is up to you to decide which factor is most responsible for shaping intercultural encounters. The options have been presented and now it's time to choose.