A very long message

While the woman, over the years, draws strength to cling more, despite the aging of her companion, the man narrows his scope of tenderness more and more. His selfish eye looks over his wife's shoulder. He compares what he has gained with what he no longer has, and what he has with what he can get. I have heard many hardships that I did not understand my own hardship. Your situation, Aisato, is the situation of many other women, despised or rejected or replaced, whom they abandoned like worn or old clothes. The novel "A Very Long Letter" is considered a great work for what it says about the status of the African woman. At the heart of this novel, a message directed by Ramatulai, to her dearest friends, during the traditional isolation that follows her widowhood. Senegalese writer Marima Ba, born in the capital Dakar to a wealthy Muslim family, is the first African novelist to describe in such light the status granted to women in her society. About the author: Senegalese Marima Ba, born in the capital Dakar to a wealthy Muslim family, is the first African novelist to describe in such light the status granted to women in her society. Author: Marima Ba Translator: Ahmed Al-Zanati Number of pages: 136