Mariama Bâ

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Country: Dakar, Senegal

Location: West Africa

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About

Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929-August 17, 1981) was a Sengelese feminist, activist, novelist and pioneer in Sengelese literature.

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Sources:

1. Daugherty, Lauren. Biography of Mariama Bâ. 2017 . https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/biography-mariama-ba-lauren-daugherty

2. The Patriotic Vanguard . Profile: Senegalese Writer Mariama Ba. 21 December 2018 . http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/profile-senegalese-writer-mariama-ba

Written Works by Mariama Bâ

1. Bâ, Mariama. Aws Classics so Long a Letter. , 1970. Print.

2. Bâ, Mariama. Scarlet Song 2nd Edition. , 1995. Print.

3. Bâ, Mariama, Zoja Skušek, and Niyi Osundare. Dolgo Dolgo Pismo. Ljubljana: Založba /*cf, 2004. Print. (Slovenian)

4. Ba, Mariama, and Laia Galdon. Una Carta Molt Llarga. Barcelona: Takusan, 2005. Print. (Catalan)

5. Bâ, Mariama, and Modupé Bodé-Thomas. So Long a Letter. , 2012. Print.

Other Sources:

1. Njage, Judith, and Mariama Bâ. Notes on Mariama Bâ's so Long a Letter. Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books, 1984. Print.

2. Sutherland-Addy, Esi, and Aminata Diaw. Women Writing Africa: West Africa and the Sahel. , 2005. Print.

3. Cole, Catherine M, Takyiwaa Manuh, and Stephan Miescher. Africa After Gender?Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007. Print.