When Rain Clouds Gather

For Pat and Wendy Cullinan, Pat and Liz Van Rensburg, ‘HOORAY!’ and U-Shaka, and for Naomi Mitchison, who loves Botswsana._

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First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1969 Published in Penguin Books 1971 Copyright © Bessie Head, 1968

Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd Set in Linotype Pilgrim

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