In store now! When Rain Clouds Gather, by Bessie Head
Continuing our celebration of Black History and Culture, we’re looking at Bessie Head, a towering figure in World Literature, and no less in her home country of Botswana. Bessie Head began her career with the uncompromising When Rain Clouds Gather. It tells the story of a young South African man, Makehaya, escaping his troubled past into Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. The two outsiders join forces, but their task is fraught with hazards: opposition from the corrupt chief, the pressures of tradition, and the unrelenting climate ever threaten to bring tragedy. Both provincial and universal, tender and unflinching, When Rain Clouds Gather announced the arrival of an artist already fully formed and at the top of her craft.
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When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
Paperback £10.99
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 their task is fraught with hazards as the pressures of tradition, opposition from the local chief and the unrelenting climate threaten to divide and devastate the fragile community.
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