Mariama Bâ
Born
in Dakar, Senegal
January 01, 1929
Died
January 01, 1981
Genre
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“Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love.”
― So Long a Letter
― So Long a Letter
“And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end. ”
― So Long a Letter
― So Long a Letter
Polls
What should be our April 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (Africa)
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing (South Africa)
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (Nigeria)
City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson (Kenya)
October by Zoë Wicomb (South Africa)
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia)
Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (Rwanda)
Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ (Senegal)
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna (Sierra Leone)
Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela (Sudan)
73 total votes
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