Head, Bessie 1937-1986

A question of power by Bessie Head( Book )

72 editions published between 1973 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 1,462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

When rain clouds gather by Bessie Head( Book )

92 editions published between 1968 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 1,441 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It takes a young black idealist, newly arrived from the oppression of South Africa to spur his new neighbors to face reality and control their own destiny

Maru by Bessie Head( Book )

89 editions published between 1971 and 2016 in 9 languages and held by 1,329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

The collector of treasures, and other Botswana village tales by Bessie Head( Book )

66 editions published between 1977 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of short stories based on life in a Botswanan village, including the story of a woman who murders the husband who deserted her years before

African short stories( Book )

1 edition published in 1985 in English and held by 818 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of stories by African writers which deal with life and customs in African society

Tales of tenderness and power by Bessie Head( Book )

35 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 662 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Qu'elle évoque l'histoire ou puise dans la tradition, Bessie Head (1937-1986), Métisse d'origine sud-africaine, fait vivre un peuple entier, ses conflits mortels, bien au-delà du clivage Blancs-Noirs, mais aussi ses luttes, sa dignité à travers les pires calamités et le regard sans pareil qu'il porte sur le monde. 20 contes et nouvelles vibrant de joie, de désespoir et de colère

Serowe, village of the rain wind by Bessie Head( Book )

29 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 646 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Autobiographies of individual villagers arranged in thematic chapters

The cardinals : with meditations and short stories by Bessie Head( Book )

19 editions published between 1993 and 2006 in English and held by 476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A novella and seven stories by a black South African writer. The title novella is on a woman who at birth is sold by her mother to a childless couple and who runs away when the stepfather begins molesting her. Eventually she obtains a job as a reporter on a black newspaper, where she finds love. Through her eyes is seen the struggle against apartheid

To stir the heart by Bessie Head( Book )

5 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"These powerful stories by two of Africa’s most renowned twentieth-century authors explore African cultures at the intersection of tradition and modernity, colonialism, and independence. Botswana’s preeminent writer Bessie Head and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, “the most significant East African writer” (the New York Times), each use the politics and history of Africa in the midst of change as background for compelling stories of characters who, like their countries, are in search of their identity. In different ways, Head and Ngugi also chart the uneasy coexistence of men and women when their individual natures and desires conflict with societal expectations and customs." -- Publisher's description

Sol Plaatje's Native life in South Africa : past and present( )

2 editions published in 2016 in English and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1916, Sol Plaatje{u2019}s Native Life in South Africa was written by one of the South Africa{u2019}s most talented early twentieth-century black leaders and journalists. Plaatje{u2019}s pioneering book arose out of an early African National Congress campaign to protest against the discriminatory1913 Natives Land Act. Native Life vividly narrates Plaatje{u2019}s investigative journeying into South Africa{u2019}s rural heartlands to report on the effects of the Act and his involvement in the deputation to the British imperial government. At the same time it tells the bigger story of the assault on black rights and opportunities in the newly consolidated Union of South Africa - and the resistance to it. Originally published in war-time London, but about South Africa and its place in the world, Native Life travelled far and wide, being distributed in the United States under the auspices of prominent African-American W E B Du Bois. South African editions were to follow only in the late apartheid period and beyond. The aim of this multi-authored volume is to shed new light on how and why Native Life came into being at a critical historical juncture, and to reflect on how it can be read in relation to South Africa{u2019}s heightened challenges today. Crucial areas that come under the spotlight in this collection include land, race, history, mobility, belonging, war, the press, law, literature, language, gender, politics, and the state