Tag: Polygamy
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So Long a Letter: Truth Teased in a Modern Classic by Mariama Bâ
Introduction: A Letter as a Mirror for Truth So Long a Letter, Mariama Bâ’s seminal novel, unfolds as a long, intimate letter written by Ramatoulaye to her friend Aïssatou after the death of her husband, Modou. The work uses the epistolary form to lay bare the blunt truths about marriage, motherhood, friendship, and the constraints…
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So Long a Letter: Truth Is Ugly in Mariama Bâ’s Classic Novel
What truth looks like in a letter Mariama Bâ’s So Long a Letter is not merely a sentimental diary of a woman’s heartbreak. It is a keen social critique wrapped in the intimate form of a single, reflective letter. The protagonist, a newly widowed Senegalese woman, writes to her lifelong friend Ramatoulaye, recounting thirty years…