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Bessie Head

(Bessie Emery Head)
South Africa (1937 - 1986)

About Bessie Head

Bessie Head was born and raised in apartheid South Africa. There she suffered from poverty, racial segregation, and gender discrimination.

Novels

When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
Maru (1971)
A Question of Power (1972)
A Bewitched Crossroad (1984)

Collections

The Collector of Treasures (1977)
Tales of Tenderness and Power (1989)
The Cardinals (1993)
Deep Cuts (1993) (with Alex Laguma and Can Themba)
To Stir the Heart (2007) (with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)

Picture Books

The Lovers (1994)
Life (2002)

Non fiction

Serowe: Village of the Rain-wind (1981)
A Woman Alone (1990)
A Gesture of Belonging (1991)

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