The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales
By Bessie Head
1977
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Regarded today as one of Africa's best-known female writers in English, Head draws on the rich oral tradition of southern Africa and masterfully applies storytelling's language and imagery. Carefully sequenced, this collection of stories gives special focus to village people from independence-era Botswana and the status and position and plight of women.
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