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Mariama Bâ (1929–1981) was a Senegalese writer, novelist, teacher, and women's rights activist. Born in Dakar, she was educated at the École normale de Rufisque and spoke French. Bâ was a Muslim and held Senegalese citizenship. She died of cancer in Dakar in 1981.
Her literary works include *Une si longue lettre* and *Un chant écarlate*. She received the Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Bâ is included in the Art+Feminism focus list of the Wikimedia project.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Une si longue lettre
- Un chant écarlate
- Der scharlachrote Gesang. Roman
- Un chant écarlate
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “Whenever he felt himself beginning to fancy any girl, after the Ouleymatou experience, the memory of her mocking indifference and his own disillusionment had made him fiercely determined to nip any emotional attachment in the bud.”
- “Ousmane Gueye, who had mistrusted all women, threw himself at the mercy of a woman, and a white woman at that.”
- “Was he a possible partner for Mireille? Could he assume such a mutation.”
- “A Toubab can’t be a proper daughter-in-law. She’ll only have eyes for her man. We’ll mean nothing to her.”
- “We saw everything through the same eyes before we were married… But now we seem to be divided over everything.”
- “Love knows no bounds, but sometimes society does.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1929-04-17 ) 17 April 1929, Dakar , Senegal
- Died
- 17 August 1981 (1981-08-17) (aged 52), Dakar, Senegal
- Occupation
- Author
- Language
- French
- Genre
- novel
- Notable works
- So Long a Letter ( Une si longue lettre )
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Works in European collections
17 objects attributed to Mariama Bâ, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Mariama Bâ Listen (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist. Her two French-language novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages each. Born in Dakar, Senegal, she was raised a Muslim.
Her frustration with the fate of African women is expressed in her first novel, Une si longue lettre (1979; translated into English as So Long a Letter). In this semi-autobiographical epistolary work, Bâ depicts the sorrow and resignation of a widow who must share the work of mourning with her late husband's second, younger wife. The novel was awarded the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1980.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mariama Bâ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.