Bessie Head and the Trauma of Exile

by Joshua Agbo

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Description This book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head's fiction, including When Rain Clouds Gather, (1969) Maru, (1971) and A Question of Power, (1973), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and post-colonial history.

Publisher Description

This book investigates themes of exile and oppression in Southern Africa across Bessie Head's novels and short fiction.

An exile herself, arriving in Botswana as a South African refugee, Bessie Head's fiction serves as an important example of African exile literature. This book argues that Head's characters are driven to exile as a result of their socio- political ambivalence while still in South Africa, and that this sense of discomfort follows them to their new lives. Investigating themes of trauma and identity politics across colonial and post- colonial contexts, this book also addresses the important theme of black- on- black prejudice and hostility which is often overlooked in studies of Head's work.

Covering Head's shorter fiction as well as her major novels When Rain Clouds Gather (1969), Maru (1971), A Question of Power (1973), Serowe: Village of the Rain Wind (1981), and A Bewitched Crossroads: An African Saga (1984), this book will be of interest to researchers of African literature and postcolonial history.

Details

  • ISBN 0367723298
  • ISBN-13 9780367723293
  • Title Bessie Head and the Trauma of Exile
  • Author Joshua Agbo
  • Format Paperback
  • Year 2023
  • Pages 228
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
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