![]() ![]() Head’s description of the old woman may also be important particularly the words that she uses when describing the woman. ![]() The situation that exists in Africa may have been unique with the continent being under developed. Africa may not necessarily have been fully developed or united unlike other counties in the western world. ![]() This may be important as it is possible that Head is suggesting that throughout Africa (at the time the story was written) there were other villages that may have also lived in isolation. It is also interesting that the village is isolated with most communication being done by ox cart or sledge. It is as though they have accepted life on life’s terms without the possibility of change due to the limitations that are beset on those in the village. However it is interesting that there also appears to be an acceptance among those in the village of the circumstances that they find themselves in. It is obvious that the village is ravaged with poverty an example of which is the fact that many of the village’s babies die of malnutrition which would suggest that there is very little or no money to feed those who are most in need of nutrition. ![]() Taken from her Tales of Tenderness and Power collection the story is narrated by several different narrators and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Head may be exploring the theme of poverty and acceptance. In Village People by Bessie Head we have the theme of poverty, conflict, kindness, struggle, acceptance, desperation and connection. ![]()
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