Southern Africa
Botswana
Contemporary
English
Non-fiction
An oral history of Serowe, Botswana's largest village, assembled from interviews spanning three generations from the reforming chief Khama III to the cooperative movement of the 1960s. Head reveals an Africa that endures and self-organizes.
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A unique work of community portraiture; Head, who fled South Africa as a refugee, found her home in Serowe and its story
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editorial-summarynot primary textAn oral history of Serowe, Botswana's largest village, assembled from interviews spanning three generations from the reforming chief Khama III to the cooperative movement of the 1960s. Head reveals an Africa that endures and self-organizes. A unique work of community portraiture; Head, who fled South Africa as a refugee, found her home in Serowe and its story
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