Bessie Head

Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17 April 1986) was a South African writer who was born in Pietermaritzburg. Although she left South Africa and found her roots in Botswana. What began in her early novels as a search for freedom and dignity ended as an affirmation of her African heritage and an attempt to make that heritage available for others.

She wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works that are infused with spiritual questioning and reflection