Head, Bessie
When rain clouds gather / Bessie Head ; retold by Margaret Tarne - First edition - 79 pages : Illustrations ; 20 cm. - African writers series classics . - African writers series classics .
In the heart of rural Botswana, the poverty stricken village of Golema Mmidi is a haven to exiles from far and wide. A South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to revolutionise the villagers traditional farming methods, but their task is fraught with hazards as the pressures of tradition, opposition from the local chief and the unrelenting climate threaten to divide and devastate the fragile community.
0435272489
English language --Reading books
Political refugees -- Botswana--Fiction.
Agriculture --Botswana--Fiction
South Africa--Fiction
Botswana --Social conditions --Fiction
823.91 / / H340w
When rain clouds gather / Bessie Head ; retold by Margaret Tarne - First edition - 79 pages : Illustrations ; 20 cm. - African writers series classics . - African writers series classics .
In the heart of rural Botswana, the poverty stricken village of Golema Mmidi is a haven to exiles from far and wide. A South African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to revolutionise the villagers traditional farming methods, but their task is fraught with hazards as the pressures of tradition, opposition from the local chief and the unrelenting climate threaten to divide and devastate the fragile community.
0435272489
English language --Reading books
Political refugees -- Botswana--Fiction.
Agriculture --Botswana--Fiction
South Africa--Fiction
Botswana --Social conditions --Fiction
823.91 / / H340w