Most of Bessie Head's important works are set in Serowe, in particular the three novels When Rain Clouds Gather, Maru, and A Question of Power.
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At times she suffered mental health problems and on one occasion put up a public notice making bizarre and shocking allegations about then President Sir Seretse Khama, which led to a period in Lobatse Mental Hospital.
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Head settled in Serowe, the largest of Botswana's "villages" (i.e. traditional settlements as opposed to settler towns).
head | Bessie Smith | head of state | Beavis and Butt-head | Alec Head | Murray Head | Head Start | Anthony Head | Head Start Program | Diamond Head | Human head | Head teacher | Machine Head (band) | Machine Head | Head Over Heels | Head of the River Race | Eddie the Head | Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | Edith Head | Diamond Head (band) | Bessie Rayner Parkes | Bessie Bardot | Beachy Head | The Bodley Head | Lizard Head | Head & Shoulders | Head over Heels (Paula Abdul album) | Head over Heels | Diamond Head, Hawaii | Bessie Coleman |
He has written books for neo-literate adults, such as The Murder of Mrs. Mohapi (1995), My Cousin Thabo (1995), Take a Chance (1995), My Name is Selina Mabiletsa (1996), and Sergeant Dlamini Falls in Love (1996), biographies of Sol Plaatje and Oliver Tambo for teenagers, and adaptations of works by Bessie Head, Sol Plaatje, and Can Themba.