The Life And Work Of Bessie Head
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The Life And Work Of Bessie Head
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Life And Work Of Bessie Head written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Women and literature categories.
Maru
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Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1995
Maru written by Bessie Head and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Africa categories.
The moving tale of an ophaned Masarwa girl who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarises a community which does not see Masarwa people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast.
A Question Of Power
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Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1974
A Question Of Power written by Bessie Head and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Fiction categories.
"When Elizabeth learns the devastating truth about her mother, locked away for defying Apartheid, she flees South Africa and begins a new life in Botswana, at Motabeng, the village of the rain-wind. But Elizabeth is tormented by two men, Dan and Sello, who represent for her a private vision of hell into which she sinks deeper and deeper. This novel interweaves one woman's terrifying experience of insanity with the madness and cruelty of life in a divided society. A Question of Power is the unforgettable study of an individual - and a race - whose identity has been annihilated, and their resulting struggle to endure"--Publisher's description.
The Collector Of Treasures
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Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1992
The Collector Of Treasures written by Bessie Head and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Fiction categories.
Botswana village tales about subjects such as the breakdown of family life and the position of women in this society.
When Rain Clouds Gather
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Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2013-09-23
When Rain Clouds Gather written by Bessie Head and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-23 with Fiction categories.
Rural Botswana is the backdrop for When Rain Clouds Gather, the first novel published by one of Africa’s leading woman writers in English, Bessie Head (1937–1986). Inspired by her own traumatic life experiences as an outcast in Apartheid South African society and as a refugee living at the Bamangwato Development Association Farm in Botswana, Head’s tough and telling classic work is set in the poverty-stricken village of Golema Mmidi, a haven to exiles. A South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to revolutionize the villagers’ traditional farming methods, but their task is fraught with hazards as the pressures of tradition, opposition from the local chief, and the unrelenting climate threaten to divide and devastate the fragile community. Head’s layered, compelling story confronts the complexities of such topics as social and political change, conflict between science and traditional ways, tribalism, the role of traditional African chiefs, religion, race relations, and male–female relations.
In Conversation With Bessie Head
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Author : Mary S. Lederer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-06-27
In Conversation With Bessie Head written by Mary S. Lederer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Conversation with Bessie Head shows how reading the novels and letters of Botswana's most influential writer, Bessie Head, fosters an ongoing conversation between reader and writer and is in fact a very personal undertaking. Each chapter tackles two parallel threads, the first regarding Mary S. Lederer's own history of reading Head-from her first purchase of Maru, through completing a Ph.D. on Head's trilogy, through living in Botswana and connecting with various aspects of Head's life, to examining how reading Head has affected her own development as a human being. This history then ties each chapter into discussion of how Head develops her own vision of the “brotherhood of man.” Alongside critically informed discussion, Head's vision is examined through the prism of specific questions. Why is madness not a useful concept for understanding Head's ideas? Why did Head say she was not a feminist, and what is the significance of “male” and “female” in her novels? What is the relationship between individual, race, and community? How can the nature of God be a clear expression of love but also an indistinct force for both good and evil? Head's novels present opportunities for personal growth, and through these “conversations” with her, we become different readers.
A Woman Alone
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Author : Bessie Head
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann International Incorporated
Release Date : 2007
A Woman Alone written by Bessie Head and has been published by Heinemann International Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Authors, South African categories.
A collection of autobiographical writings, sketches, and essays that covers the entire span of Bessie Head's creative life.
Bessie Head
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Author : Joyce Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Release Date : 2008
Bessie Head written by Joyce Johnson and has been published by Associated University Presse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Literary Criticism categories.
Introduces key concepts needed for map reading and map making. This series explores different types of maps, photographs and illustrations, and includes activities and quizzes, making it ideal for learning essential map skills.
Bessie Head And The Trauma Of Exile
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Author : Joshua Agbo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-06-17
Bessie Head And The Trauma Of Exile written by Joshua Agbo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with Fiction categories.
This book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head’s novels and short fiction. An exile herself, arriving in Botswana as a South African refugee, Bessie Head’s fiction serves as an important example of African exile literature. This book argues that Head’s characters are driven to exile as a result of their socio- political ambivalence while still in South Africa, and that this sense of discomfort follows them to their new lives. Investigating themes of trauma and identity politics across colonial and post- colonial contexts, this book also addresses the important theme of black- on- black prejudice and hostility which is often overlooked in studies of Head’s work. Covering Head’s shorter fiction as well as her major novels When Rain Clouds Gather (1969), Maru (1971), A Question of Power (1973), Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind (1981), and A Bewitched Crossroads: An African Saga (1984), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and postcolonial history.
Something I Must Do
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Author : Gillian Stead Eilersen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Something I Must Do written by Gillian Stead Eilersen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.