Super Short Summary

In A Question of Power by Bessie Head, Elizabeth, a woman who has left apartheid South Africa, battles her mental health and navigates the nature of good and evil through surreal and nightmarish experiences in Botswana. Elizabeth’s fragmented journey alternates between delusion and reality as she copes with her past trauma and current challenges, learning about power and evil through supernatural encounters. The book features anti-Black racism, anti-gay representations, child abuse, sexual abuse, suicide ideation, and psychological trauma.