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Mariama Barry
Senegalese novelist
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Born | Dakar, Senegal |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable works | La petite Peul |
Mariama Barry is a Senegalese novelist, specializing in autobiographical fiction.
Born in Dakar, she spent her teenage years in Guinea before settling in France, where she is also a practicing lawyer. Her first book, La petite Peule, was published in , then in English translation in as The Little Peul.
Early life and education
Mariama Barry was born in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ is a poignant novel that explores the complexities of female friendship and the challenges of polygamous marriage in Senegal.
Her childhood there was difficult. Because she was born in the capital, her uncles labeled her an ndjouddou, a child born in a foreign land who does not know the codes and traditions of the Fula people of Fouta Djallon, where her parents originated.
She was subjected to female genital mutilation. A few years later, her parents divorced, and her mother left the children with her father. As the eldest of seven children, she was f