So Long A Letter

So Long A Letter

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Written By Awardwinning African Novelist Mariama Ba And Translated From The Original French, So Long A Letter Has Been Recognized As One Of Africa'S 100 Best Books Of The 20Th Century. The Brief Narrative, Written As An Extended Letter, Is A Sequence Of Reminiscencessome Wistful, Some Bitterrecounted By Recently Widowed Senegalese Schoolteacher Ramatoulaye Fall. Addressed To A Lifelong Friend, Aissatou, It Is A Record Of Ramatoulaye'S Emotional Struggle For Survival After Her Husband Betrayed Their Marriage By Taking A Second Wife. This Semiautobiographical Account Is A Perceptive Testimony To The Plight Of Educated And Articulate Muslim Women. Angered By The Traditions That Allow Polygyny, They Inhabit A Social Milieu Dominated By Attitudes And Values That Deny Them Status Equal To Men. Ramatoulaye Hopes For A World Where The Best Of Old Customs And New Freedom Can Be Combined.Considered A Classic Of Contemporary African Women'S Literature, So Long A Letter Is A Mustread For Anyone Interested In African Literature And The Passage From Colonialism To Modernism In A Muslim Country.Winner Of The Prestigious Noma Award For Publishing In Africa. Titles Of Related Interest From Waveland Press: Beti (Trans. Moore), The Poor Christ Of Bomba (Isbn 9781577664185); Emecheta, Kehinde (Isbn 9781577664192); Equiano (Ed. Edwards), Equiano'S Travels (Isbn 9781577664871); La Guma, In The Fog Of The Seasons' End (Isbn 9781478600251); Marechera, The House Of Hunger (Isbn 9781478604730); And Oyono (Trans. Reed), Houseboy (Isbn 9781577669883).

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