When rain clouds gather
- 188 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Two exiles--one white, one black--in a poor village in Botswana struggle with tradition, climate, and the local chief as they try to modernize the villagers' farming methods.
Bessie Head Books
July 6, 1937 – April 17, 1986
Bessie Emery Head, a writer deeply rooted in Botswana, explores the complexities of identity, exile, and societal prejudice. Her work often delves into the lives of marginalized individuals, portraying their struggles for self-discovery and resilience amidst challenging circumstances. Head's distinctive narrative style blends personal experience with fictional elements, offering profound insights into the human condition and the search for belonging. Her literary contributions continue to resonate, highlighting universal themes of displacement and the enduring strength of the human spirit.
A Question of Power
- 206 pages
- 8 hours of reading
It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission principal's cruel revelations of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown, but in the dark loneliness of the Botswanan night, the frightened South African refugee slips in and out of sanity.
Maru
Roman
Belletristik : Südafrika (Republik) ; Erzählungen.
