# Bessie Emery Head

> South African born Botswanan writer and teacher (1937–1986)

**Wikidata**: [Q455286](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455286)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Head)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bessie-emery-head


## References

1. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
2. [Source](https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/head-bessie-1937-1986/)
3. Virtual International Authority File
4. Dictionary of African Biography
5. Bessie Head: Thunder Behind Her Ears
6. International Standard Name Identifier
7. CiNii Research
8. SNAC
9. FemBio database
10. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
11. BnF authorities
12. Third World Women's Literatures
13. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
14. [Source](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-476-03702-2_154)
15. Autoritats UB
16. [Bessie Head, struggle for identity. South African History Archive](https://sthp.saha.org.za/memorial/bessie_head.htm)
17. LIBRIS. 2018
18. [Source](https://khamaiiimem.org/gallery)
19. Catalogo of the National Library of India