Mariama Bâ
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 43 years ago |
Date of birth | April 17,1929 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Dakar |
Senegal | |
Date of died | August 17,1981 |
Died | Dakar |
Senegal | |
Nationality | Senegalese |
Spouse | Obèye Diop |
Job | Author |
Novelist | |
Parents | Amadou Bâ |
Children | 9 Children |
Languag | French |
Books | So Long a Letter |
Scarlet song | |
Genres | Novel |
Awards | Noma Award for Publishing in Africa |
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire | |
Education | École normale de Rufisque |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 498179 |
Mariama Bâ Life story
Mariama Bâ was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim. Her frustration with the fate of African women is expressed in her first novel, Une si longue lettre.