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Mariama Bâ, born on April 17, 1929, in Dakar, Senegal, and died on August 17, 1981, was a renowned Senegalese author. Her works focus on the lives of African women, profoundly revealing the impact of colonialism and gender discrimination on African society.

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“To lift us out of the bog of tradition, superstition and custom, to make us appreciate a multitude of civilizations without renouncing our own, to raise our vision of the world, cultivate our personalities, strengthen our qualities, to make up for our inadequacies, to develop universal moral values in us: these were the aims of our admirable headmistress.”

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

“The management of a home is an art. We have learned the hard way, and it is still not over. Even deciding on the menus is not easy if one thinks of the number of days there are in a year and the fact that there are three meals in one day.”

Women Housekeeping

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

“Clothed in my dignity, the only worthy garment, I go my way.”

Dignity Nonconformity Assiatou

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

“L'amitié a des grandeurs inconnues de l'amour. Elle se fortifie dans les difficultés, alors que les contraintes massacrent l'amour. Elle résiste au temps qui laisse et désunit les couples. Elle a des élévations inconnues de l'amour.”

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

“L’amitié a des grandeurs inconnues de l’amour. Elle se fortifie dans les difficultés, alors que les contraintes massacrent l’amour. Elle résiste au temps qui lasse et désunit les couples. Elle a des élévations inconnues de l’amour.”

Friendship Loyalty

Book:Une si longue lettre

Source: Une si longue lettre

“The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.”

Life Is Salt Flavour

Author:Mariama Bâ

“Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love.”

Knows Grows Couple Stronger Obstacles Height Splendor Friendship Love

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

“And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs one down. One is a mother in order to love without beginning or end.”

Ends Earth Mother Night Order Darkness Mom Shakes Lightning Mud Thunder Shields Inexplicable Streaks Bogs

Author:Mariama Bâ

“A nervous breakdown waits around the corner for anyone who lets himself wallow in bitterness. Little by little, it takes over your whole being.”

Littles Whole Waiting Corners Nervous Bitterness Breakdown Around The Corner Nervous Breakdown

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

“A woman must marry the man who loves her but never the one she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.”

Men Love Should Dream Secret He Man Lasting Lasting Happiness

Author:Mariama Bâ

“I remain persuaded of the inevitable and necessary complementarity of man and woman. Love, imperfect as it may be in its content and expression, remains the natural link between these two beings. To love one another! If only each partner could move sincerely towards the other! If each could only melt into the other! If each would only accept the other's qualities instead of listing his faults! If each could only correct bad habits without harping on about them!”

Ifs Men May Two Moving Natural Quality Accepting Expression Habit Men And Women Remains Faults Partners Inevitable Links Imperfect Sincerely Bad Habits Love One Another

Book:So Long a Letter

Source: So Long a Letter

About the Author

Born: April 17, 1929
Died: August 17, 1981
Known for: Author
Quotes: 11

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