Village of the Rain Wind

Bessie Head

From Shelf: Bessie Head

Offering your students stories, poetry, biographical writings and essays from across Africa, this series includes work from nearly 40 writers from 19 different countries.

In Serowe:Village of the Rain Wind, Bessie Head blends her skills as a novelist with the actual words of nearly one hundred inhabitants of a Botswanan village called Serowe to present a clear picture of the village community and its history. Serowe is one of the best-known villages in Africa, the capital of the people ruled by the Khamas, of whom Tshekedi and Seretse are the most famous. This collection of writings also tells of a remarkable transition between the setting up and the dismantling of white colonialism in Botswana.

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