By Henry Ozogula
Mariama Ba remains one of Africa's
all-time great female writers. Her literary reputation
rests mainly on her two published novels.
rests mainly on her two published novels.
The award-winning So long a letter
(English translation) alerted the world
to the way women were rather suppressed in Ba's home country, Senegal.
The female protagonist of the book who has had many children
nevertheless remains very much a woman as she writes:
to the way women were rather suppressed in Ba's home country, Senegal.
The female protagonist of the book who has had many children
nevertheless remains very much a woman as she writes:
"...I said it teasingly,
rolling my eyes round. Eternal woman, even in
mourning, you want to make a strike, you want to seduce...arouse
interest!".
mourning, you want to make a strike, you want to seduce...arouse
interest!".
Ba also published Un chant ecarlate.
"The tragedy of Ousmane Gueye and his French wife, Mireille whose slidetowards mutual destruction is narrated in this novel...she goes
completely mad, kills her baby and stabs Ousmane...after verifying the
existence of a secret Senegalese wife,".
completely mad, kills her baby and stabs Ousmane...after verifying the
existence of a secret Senegalese wife,".
The Mariama Ba Boarding School -
Maison d'Education Mariama Ba - a distinguished
school in Goree (Senegal) is named after this remarkable writer.
school in Goree (Senegal) is named after this remarkable writer.
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