Bessie Head
Born
in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
July 06, 1937
Died
April 17, 1986
Genre
When Rain Clouds Gather
35 editions
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published
1969
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Maru
19 editions
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published
1971
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A Question of Power
21 editions
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published
1973
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The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales
20 editions
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published
1977
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When Rain Clouds Gather & Maru
2 editions
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published
2010
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Tales of Tenderness and Power
4 editions
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published
1991
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A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings (African Writers Series)
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6 editions
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published
1990
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To Stir the Heart: Four African Stories
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3 editions
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published
2007
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The Cardinals: With Meditations and Short Stories
4 editions
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published
1993
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Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind
4 editions
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1981
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“I once sat down on a bench at Cape Town railway station where the notice "Whites Only" was obscured. A few moments later a white man approached and shouted: 'Get off!' It never occurred to him that he was achieving the opposite of his dreams of superiority and had become a living object of contempt, that human beings, when they are human, dare not conduct themselves in such ways.”
― A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings
― A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings
“The contradictions were apparent to Makhaya, and perhaps there was no greater crime as yet than all the lies Western civilization had told in the name of Jesus Christ. It seemed to Makhaya far preferable for Africa if it did without Christianity and Christian double-talk, fat priests, golden images, and looked around at all the thin naked old men who sat under trees weaving baskets with shaking hands. People could do without religions and Gods who died for the sins of the world and thereby left men without any feeling of self-responsibility for the crimes they committed. This seemed to Makhaya the greatest irony of Christianity. It meant that a white man could forever go on slaughtering black men simply because Jesus Christ would save him from his sins. Africa could do without a religion like that. 135”
― When Rain Clouds Gather
― When Rain Clouds Gather
“Life is such a gentle, treasured thing. I learn about it every minute. I think about it so deeply.”
― A Question of Power
― A Question of Power
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