A Self of Her Own: The Genesis of Female Identity in Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter

Authors

• Khadija SAFI-EDDINE, Faculty of Arts and Humanities Mohammedia, Hassan II University of Casablanca

Abstract

This article explores the construction of female identity in Mariama Ba's epistolary novel So Long a Letter, tracing how the narrator's self emerges through writing, memory, and resistance to patriarchal structures in post-independence Senegalese society.

Recommended Citation

SAFI-EDDINE, Khadija (1997) "A Self of Her Own: The Genesis of Female Identity in Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter," Bouhout: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/bouhout/vol7/iss1/11