Who is the collector of Treasures?

   Dikeledi Mokopi, the protagonist from The Collector Of Treasures by Bessie Head, accomplishes her will of collecting treasure from children and friendship. Dikeledi wants to give all her three children secondary education which is also what supports her to live and what she is fighting for. Dikledi feels satisfied even though she is going to jail because Paul Thebolo, the only man he trusts and admires has promised "I'll take them as my own and give them all a secondary school education." (73, Other Voices, Other Vistas) She collects the treasure of giving her children the education which may change all of them's fate. In addition to her responsibility as a mother, she collects the gifts from friends including care, respect and food. Dikeledi finds out that a way to get rid of her loneliness is to share her life with her friend. Dikeledi feels relaxed when she was expressing her feeling, “She smiled tenderly at Kebonye because she knew already that she had found another such love. She was the collector of such treasures.” (58, Other Voices, Other Vistas) Because of Kebonye, Dikeledi’s best listener, she is able to feed her children by food and enjoy the feeling of being appreciated. Dikeledi tells her friend everything puzzles her which she identified as a way to collecting treasures. Dikeledi is satisfied in the prison because she judges herself as the biggest winner of collecting treasures.