Treasures

“And so the woman Dikeledi began phase three of a life that had been ashen in its loneliness and unhappiness. And yet she had always found gold amidst the ash, deep loves that had joined her heart to the hearts of others. She smiled tenderly at Kebonye because she knew already that she had found another such love. She was the collector of such treasures.”

From Bessie Head: The Collector of Treasures and other Botswana Village Tales. Oxford, England: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1977.

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