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Mariama Bâ is in a class of her own, conveying with real power and poetry a subtle, changing world of female experience - Guardian

The most deeply felt presentation of the female condition in African fiction -- Abiola Irele

One could not wish for a more politically alert and more passionately involved account of what life is like for educated Muslim women - London Review of Books

Book Description

Mariama Bâ's pioneering debut, So Long a Letter is an epistolary novel that captures the private lives of women in 1970s Senegal. Winner of the 1980 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa at the Frankfurt Book Fair and recognised as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair.

About the Author

Mariama Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal in 1929. Brought up by her grandparents after the early death of her mother, Bâ's father fought to continue her education past primary school.

After winning the first prize in the entrance examination to train as a teacher at École Normale, Bâ taught in Dakar from 1947 until 1959 and later became an educational inspector.

A vocal activist for women's rights and class equality in Africa, her literary work often criticised the lack of educational opportunities offered to women as well as challenging the systems of polygamy and castes in Senegalese society.

Mariama Bâ died in 1981.

Translated from French by Modupé Bodé-Thomas.

 
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  • ISBN: 9781035906062
  • Author: Mariama Ba
  • Publisher: Head Of Zeus
  • Pages: 144
  • Format: Paperback
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Review

Mariama Bâ is in a class of her own, conveying with real power and poetry a subtle, changing world of female experience - Guardian

The most deeply felt presentation of the female condition in African fiction -- Abiola Irele

One could not wish for a more politically alert and more passionately involved account of what life is like for educated Muslim women - London Review of Books

Book Description

Mariama Bâ's pioneering debut, So Long a Letter is an epistolary novel that captures the private lives of women in 1970s Senegal. Winner of the 1980 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa at the Frankfurt Book Fair and recognised as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair.

About the Author

Mariama Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal in 1929. Brought up by her grandparents after the early death of her mother, Bâ's father fought to continue her education past primary school.

After winning the first prize in the entrance examination to train as a teacher at École Normale, Bâ taught in Dakar from 1947 until 1959 and later became an educational inspector.

A vocal activist for women's rights and class equality in Africa, her literary work often criticised the lack of educational opportunities offered to women as well as challenging the systems of polygamy and castes in Senegalese society.

Mariama Bâ died in 1981.

Translated from French by Modupé Bodé-Thomas.

 

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