![]() ![]() The English translation of the novel was first published in 1981.Ī school teacher and inspector by profession, Ba promoted the crucial role of the writer in a developing country. The novel, originally written in French, was translated into sixteen languages and won the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. ![]() ![]() Her commitment to eradicating inequalities between men and women in Africa led her to write So Long A Letter. A pioneer of women's right, she became involved in several Senegalese women's organisations. ![]() Brought up as a Muslim by maternal grandparents, she studied the Koran during school holidays.īa began writing at school and in her early essays there are hints at the critical approach that she was to adopt in her writings to society around her. The Senegalese writer who was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1929, was educated - unlike many other women of her generation - at the Ecole Normal for girls in Rufisque. Mariama Ba catapulted onto the African literary scene with her first novel, 'So Long a Letter', which received much acclaim and admiration. This edition includes an introduction by Professor Kenneth W. Written by Mariama Ba and translated from the French by Modupe Bode-Thomas, So Long a Letter won the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, and was recognised as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century in an initiative organised by the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. ![]()
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