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The long letter is being written by Ramatoulaye to her friend Assiatou. Both women have been deeply wounded by events in their marriages caused by the practice of polygamy in their culture - Ramatoulaye has been recently widowed but hasn’t seen her husband for years since he left her for a young girl in his daughter’s class, Assiatou was faced with the same betrayal (initiated by her snobbish mother-in-law who felt Assiatou wasn’t good enough) but decided to leave her husband and has forged an i
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This is the story of Ramatoulaye, heavy with heartbreak and writing to her close childhood friend during Islam's dictated period of mourning after the death of the husbanded who abandoned her and her children years before for a younger wife. She talks about so many things... including her choice to stay and endure the humiliation, in contrast to her friend's choice to leave in similar circumstances.
This is a remarkable piece of writing. In its short 90 pages we are given real insights into the ...more
This is a remarkable piece of writing. In its short 90 pages we are given real insights into the ...more
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