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Awa Thiam

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Bamako, Mali

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Born in Bamako, Mali, [in 1936,] she is a politician. Her first book La Parole aux négresses (1978), translated by Dorothy S. Blair as Black Sisters, Speak Out: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa (1986), dealt with some of the practices — such as polygamy, clitoridectomy and infibulation — by which millions of women are controlled.

(from Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby)

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Average rating: 4.5 · 126 ratings · 13 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	La Parole aux Négresses by Awa Thiam, Benoîte Groult (Préface) 4.48 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1978 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Continents noirs 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La sexualité féminine africaine en mutation: L'exemple du Sénégal really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Com a palavra, as pretas (Coleção Biblioteca Africana) by Awa Thiam, César Sobrinho (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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