Aws Classics Maru Av Bessie Head

In two powerful novels of belonging, one of Africa's most important writers explores village life and the traditions of Botswana.

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...

Expanded and updated collection of short stories using Head's 'Tales of Tenderness and Power' as a basis.

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...