Mariama Bâ
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- Bâ, Mariama
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Date of birth
- 1929-04-17
- Place of birth
- Dakar
- Date of death
- 1981-08-17
- Place of death
- Dakar
Wikipedia
Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. 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 woman who must share the mourning for her late husband with his second, younger wife. This short book was awarded the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1980.
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ein so langer Brief: Ein afrikanisches Frauenschicksal | Paperback | 3-548-30142-8 | 1992-12 |
| Der scharlachrote Gesang (March 1985 edition) | Paperback | 3-596-23746-7 | 1985-03 |
| Der scharlachrote Gesang (March 1992 edition) | Paperback | 3-596-23746-7 | 1992-03 |
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- Mariama Bâ wrote Un chant écarlate
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- 2025-09-08