My grandmother

My grandmother was born in 1929 in Senegal. She was really invested by conditions of the women. In her famous book “Une si Longue Lettre” she talks about the injustice and the suffering that the women bear without any support.
She cried out the exploitation of the women in her community. She is one of the first who to speaks about theses injustices.
The whole existence of African women is revealed. Their pain, their social obligations, family and religious support and they suffer dramatically. The distress engendered by the division imposed by polygamy, is the heart of the book.
Her book was published in1979 .Her book was published in 1979. It was a real awareness in the society. It gave to women the courage to become free. They aspired to become more independent.
She also inspired them to become more emancipated, more active, more formed and more committed under their conditions.
She dares to approach taboo subjects in speaking of the caste system in Senegal, the questioning of the family unit by the younger generations. She was a lucid feminist.
Her name is Mariama Bâ. She died in 1981 after the publication of her second book.