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Bessie Head


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

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


Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   When Rain Clouds Gather (1968)
   Maru (1971)
   A Question of Power (1972)
   A Bewitched Crossroad (1986)
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Collections
   The Collector of Treasures (1977)
   Tales of Tenderness and Power (1990)
   The Cardinals (1993)
   Deep Cuts (1993) (with Alex Laguma and Can Themba)
   To Stir the Heart (2007) (with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
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Books containing stories by Bessie Head
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40 Short Stories (2004)
A Portable Anthology
edited by
Beverly Lawn

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