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Bessie Head

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Born 1937
Died 1986

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  • Cover of: Native Life in South Africa

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  • Cover of: A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979

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Photo of Bessie Head

Born 1937
Died 1986

Subjects

Fiction, Botswana, fiction, Fiction, general, Social life and customs, History, South African Authors, Botswana, Fiction, political, Rural conditions, Teachers, fiction, Texts, Tswana language, Women and literature, Biography, Fiction, short stories (single author), History and criticism, Short stories, South African (English), South African Women authors, 18.07 English literature outside Europe and the USA, Africa, Africa, biography, Africa, fiction, Africa, juvenile literature, Africa, social conditions, Africa, social life and customs

Places

Botswana, South Africa, Africa, Carthage, Italy, Kenya, Milan, Naples, Serowe (Botswana)

People

Bessie Head (1937-), Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Bessie Head (1937-1986), Caliban, Ceres, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Iris, Juno, Makhaya, Miranda, Prospero, Randolph Vigne, Sebastian, Sycorax, William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Time

20th century, 1836-1909, 1909-1948, 1987, Rebellion, 1914-1915, To 1966

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September 26, 2023 Edited by merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
November 17, 2010 Edited by Omoseye Bolaji Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import