Bessie Head

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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1969
  • Latest Book:
    October 2013
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Book List in Order: 11 titles

  • WHEN RAIN CLD GTHR

    In the heart of rural Botswana, the poverty stricken village of Golema Mmidi is a haven to exiles from far and wide. A South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to revolutionise the villagers traditional farming methods, but thei...

  • Question of Power

    It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission school principal's cruel revelation of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown. She has left South Africa with her son and is living in the village of Motabeng, the place of sand, in ...

  • Serowe

  • The Collector of Treasures: And Other Botswana Village Tales

  • The Cardinals

    Intense personal experience of South Africa's brutal social system, a sense of stifled creativity, and a distaste for politics made Bessie Head leave for Botswana on an exit permit at the age of 27. There, in her chosen rural haven of Serowe, a...

  • To Stir the Heart

    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 ...

  • MARU CLASSIC EDITION

  • When Rain Clouds Gather

    In the heart of rural Botswana, the poverty stricken village of Golema Mmidi is a haven to exiles from far and wide. A South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to revolutionise the villagers traditional farming methods, but their...

  • When Rain Clouds Gather And Maru

    When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying ...



  • Maru

    Read worldwide for her wisdom, authenticity, and skillful prose, South African born Bessie Head (1937-1986) offers a moving and magical tale of an orphaned girl, Margaret Cadmore, who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people...

  • Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales

    "Bessie Head's short stories have an extraordinary simplicity and breadth of vision," heralded a review in The Tribune after publication of Head's first collection of short stories, The Collector of Treasures. Regarded today as one of Africa's best-k...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Bessie Head has published 11 books.

Bessie Head does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales, was published in October 2013.

The first book by Bessie Head, WHEN RAIN CLD GTHR, was published in March 1969.

No. Bessie Head does not write books in series.
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