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Mariama ba books5/28/2023 Considered a classic of contemporary African women's literature, So Long a Letter is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature and the passage from colonialism to modernism in a Muslim country. Mariama Bâ (1929 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, who wrote in French. Ramatoulaye hopes for a world where the best of old customs and new freedom can be combined. Juxtaposition of words from which springs the idea, Thought, History, Science, Life. Various signs associated with sound: different sounds that form the word. Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Ba and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africas 100. The power of books, this marvelous invention of astute human intelligence. Having become your refuge, they sustained you. Angered by the traditions that allow polygyny, they inhabit a social milieu dominated by attitudes and values that deny them status equal to men. Mariama B, So Long a Letter 14 likes Like Books saved you. This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye's emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife. The brief narrative, written as an extended letter, is a sequence of reminiscences.some wistful, some bitter.recounted by recently widowed Senegalese schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Written by award-winning African novelist Mariama Ba and translated from the original French, So Long a Letter has been recognized as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century.
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