A Toubab can’t be a proper daughter-in-law. She’ll only hav… - Mariama Bâ

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A Toubab can’t be a proper daughter-in-law. She’ll only have eyes for her man. We’ll mean nothing to her.

Mariama Bâ

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Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages.

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Alternative Names: Mariama Ba

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Honoré de Balzac E. M. Forster William Somerset Maugham Guy de Maupassant Pearl S. Buck

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A Toubab can’t be a proper daughter-in-law. She’ll only have eyes for her man. We’ll mean nothing to her. - Mariama Bâ

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