Bessie Head

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Bessie Head’s reputation was established by her novels When Rain Clouds Gather (1969), Maru (1971), and A Question of Power (1973). After that, she shifted her attention to historical chronicles of her adopted country, Botswana, producing Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind (1981) and A Bewitched Crossroad: An African Saga (1984). In 1991 Head published A Gesture of Belonging: Letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979.

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Bessie Head’s A Question of Power was a finalist for the Booker...

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See Also:

• Collector of Treasures, The (Short Stories)
• Looking for a Rain God (Short Stories)
• Maru (British Fiction)
• Maru (Character Profiles)
• Question of Power, A (British Fiction)
• Question of Power, A (Character Profiles)
• African Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
• Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)