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So Long a Letter: Mariama Bâ's Migrating Text.
- Source :
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Papers on Language & Literature . Winter2020, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p11-33. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The article offers information on the role of the female contributors to the African literary canon. It discusses the Une si Longue Lettre, a semi-autobiographical epistolary novel originally written in French by the Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ. It mentions that African literatures talks about the about how women can be independent within middle-class Muslim communities, along with Eurocentrism in African context.
- Subjects :
- *AFRICAN women authors
*EUROCENTRISM
*AFRICAN literature
*FEMINISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00311294
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Papers on Language & Literature
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142589958