Mariama ba author biography of suzanne
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Mariama Bâ
On 17 April 1929, the Senegalese author and feminist Mariama Bâ was born. Bâ was born in Dakar, into an educated and well-to-do Senegalese family of Lebu ethnicity and was raised a Muslim.
Her two novels, So Long a Letter (1979) and Scarlet Song (1981), were written in French and translated into more than a dozen languages. She is also known for her article "La fonction politique des littératures Africaines écrites" (The Political Function of African Written Literature), published in 1981.
In 1980, Une si longue lettre, translated as So Long a Letter, was awarded the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
Mariama ba author biography of suzanne
In this book, the author recognized the immense contributions African women have made and continue to make in the building of their societies. Scarlet Song (1981) also gained international attention. This book deals with the critically urgent need for women to create "empowered" spaces for themselves, meaning, women ne