[Botswana, Serowe, Interview with Bessie Head, 1976] [sound recording] / collected by Lee Nichols.

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[Botswana, Serowe, Interview with Bessie Head, 1976] [sound recording] / collected by Lee Nichols.

Bessie Head tells how she was raised in a foster home and an orphanage after being born illegitimately and of mixed race in South Africa. She moved to Botswana to become a teacher and began to write. The author discusses her novels and their themes.

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in. + 1 broadcast tape (7 in.) + documentation.

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The Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series was broadcast internationally by the Voice of America radio program, which covered topics in the arts and sciences in mid-twentieth century America. From the description of Voice of America Forum Lectures in American Poetry series scripts, circa 1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702202512 American governmental agency broadcasting by radio to audiences in foreign countries. From the description of Vo...

Head, Bessie, 1937-1986

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