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The Collector of Treasures is an anthology of short fiction by South African-Botswanan author Bessie Head. First published by Heinemann Educational Books in 1977, it contains thirteen short stories that all center in some way on Botswanan characters who encounter significant changes—changes that shift the realities of their lives, their ...
Aug 12, 2021 · The title story “The Collector of Treasures” extends Head’s feminist invention of tradition. The title story centers on a group of women in prison, all sentenced for killing their husbands. The protagonist, Dikeledi Mokopi, has sliced off her abusive husband’s genitals with a sharpened domestic knife.
The Collector of Treasures (1977), a collection of short stories, features incisive critiques of African male chauvinism, terrifying tales of witchcraft, and fleeting glimpses of traditional Botswanan rural life.
May 15, 2021 · The title story, the collection’s best and most poignant, concerns the subjugation of women within marriage and shows Head at her most forthright in her criticism of men.
afternoon Dikeledi Banabothe Banabothe's school fees Bessie Head big record book blankets Bobonong Botswana Collector of Treasures courtyard Dikeledi and Kenalepe Dikeledi began Dikeledi Mokopi Dikeledi picked Dikeledi stood Dikeledi walked Dikeledi's eyes dirty dish door dresses and jerseys everything fast asleep feeling friend Kenalepe ...
Discussion of themes and motifs in Bessie Amelia Emery's The Collector of Treasures. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of The Collector of Treasures so...
