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Bessie Head's Death Ends Africa's Literary Exile
In Serowe, Botswana, the continent lost one of its most vital literary voices. Bessie Head, the mixed-race South African novelist who had sought refuge across the border, died in 1986. Her life traced an arc from margina...
Historical Events
1- 1967 Lieutenant Samuel Arthur and Lieutenant Moses Yeboah launch Operation Guitar Boy against the NLC; Yeboah shoots and kills Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kotoka at Accra International Airport before the mutiny collapses. 🇬🇭 Ghana
Famous Deaths
1- 1986 Bessie Head, renowned African novelist, dies in Serowe, Botswana. 🇧🇼 Botswana