The book finished, the process of publication unexpectedly spun out into a nightmare. Trouble began when BH
requested 94 free copies for her to give, as she had promised, to the people she interviewed. Reg Davis-Poynter
Textual Production
Edna Lyall
In 1893 EL
contributed a preface for a biographical study by Mrs Wyndham Knight-Bruce: that is Louisa Knight Bruce
, whose husband was a bishop in Africa. Bruce's Life of Khama treats a South...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Bessie Head
Inspired by her early, uncritical admiration for Khama III, Chief of Bechuanaland
, the book moved to the intention of depicting him warts and all (using a title given him by his people, Mother Winter...
