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Mariama Bâ

Born

in Dakar, Senegal

January 01, 1929

Died

January 01, 1981

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Mariama Bâ (1929 – 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, who wrote in French. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim, but at an early age came to criticise what she perceived as inequalities between the sexes resulting from [African] traditions. Raised by her traditional grandparents, she had to struggle even to gain an education, because they did not believe that girls should be taught. Bâ later married a Senegalese member of Parliament, Obèye Diop, but divorced him and was left to care for their nine children.
Her frustration with the fate of African women—as well as her ultimate acceptance of it—is expressed in her first novel, So Long a Letter. In it she depicts the sorrow and resignation of a woman who must share the mourning for ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 13,530 ratings · 1,403 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, Modupé Bodé-Thomas (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,551 ratings — published 1980 — 92 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
	Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ, Dorothy S Blair (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 1981 — 6 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
	חתיכות העץ הקטנות של אלוהים: שלוש יצירות מופת מסנגל by Mariama Bâ, Ousmane Sembène, Hamidiu Kane 4.07 avg rating — 14 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
	Frauen in Afrika: Erzählungen und Berichte by Irmgard Ackermann (Editor), Ama Ata Aidoo, Muthoni Gachanja Likimani 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	Femmes d'Afrique by Mariama Bâ, Monique Ilboudo, Aminata Sow Fall 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
	SCARLET SONG. by Mariama. Ba, Mariama Bâ 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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“Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love.”
― Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter

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“And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end. ”
― Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter

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“The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.”
― Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter

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