Senegalese Author Mariama Bâ’s Only Poem Resurfaces After 46 Years

Senegalese author Mariama Bâ’s only poem “Memories of Lagos” has resurfaced after 46 years. Professor Tobias Warner has written the introduction and translation to Bâ’s forgotten text in PMLA’s Little-Known Documents series. Mariama Bâ (1929-1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. She […]