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In 1929 on the Cape Verde Peninsula in the capital city of Dakar, Senegal Mariama Bâ was born into a traditional but educated Muslim family. Prominent in French social circles, Bâ’s father was a career civil servant who became one of the first Senegalese Ministers of Health in 1956, while her grandfather was an interpreter for the French officials before Senegal gained independence in 1960. Her maternal grandparents, following the death of her mother, raised Mariama Bâ in a traditional Islamic way, which entailed learning the Quran from one of Dakar's leading Islamic clerics.
During the colonial period, young women faced a number of obstacles, both cultural and religious, when deciding to pursue a formal education. Bâ’s grandparents did not plan to educate her beyond primary school, but her father’s insistence on giving her an opportunity to continue her studies eventually prevailed. Bâ’s father abandoned traditional African customs and insisted that Bâ receive......

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