Bessie Head

Bessie Head was a South African writer, born in South Africa, who is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. She wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works marked by spiritual questioning and reflection, and her best-known books include When Rain Clouds Gather (1968), Maru (1971) and A Question of Power (1973). Her short story collection The Collector of Treasures, and Other Botswana Village Tales and the autobiographical Serowe, Village of the Rainwind are also among the books published under her name. Head died in 1986.