Bessie Head Library

Pietermaritzburg, Italy

The Bessie Head Library (before 2005 also known as Msunduzi Municipal Library, and before that as the Natal Society Library) in Pietermaritzburg, Msunduzi Local Municipality, is the oldest library in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was established in 1849 and became a legal deposit library in 1916.

It is named after the writer Bessie Head.

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Nearby

Freedom Trail - Race Across South Africa natura · 0.1 km away
Mahatma Gandhi monumenti · 0.2 km away
Cathedral Of The Holy Nativity church · 0.6 km away
Voortrekker House Museum musei · 0.6 km away
City Oval stadium · 1 km away
Woodburn Stadium stadium · 2 km away
Harry Gwala Stadium stadium · 2 km away
Alexandra Park Street Circuit racetrack · 3 km away