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| Title: | The Female Condition in Africa: A Literary Exploration by Mariama Ba |
| Author: | Cham, Mbye B. |
| Year: | 1984 |
| Periodical: | Current Bibliography on African Affairs |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 29-52 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Senegal |
| Subjects: | women literature novels Bibliography/Research Women's Issues Literature, Mass Media and the Press |
| About person: | Mariama Bā (1929-1981) |
| Abstract: | One of the leading artists in the category of new female literary figures is the late Senegalese novelist Mariama Ba. This article examines on a general level, the question of male/female and female/female relationships and the personal as well as sociopolitical and cultural implications of these for Senegalese and African societies. At a more specific level, the article looks at the theme of abandonment, its causes and its effects on spouses, especially females, and the various mechanisms adopted by these to cope with or transcend the emotional and other traumas brought about by abandonment. Notes, ref., sum. |