CULTURETECHLENSMariama Bâ
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Combined Graph record U-01275 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0256. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Mariama Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1929 and died in 1981; she was a vocal activist for women's rights; her pioneering debut So Long a Letter won the 1980 Noma Award.
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Mariama Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1929 and died in 1981; she was a vocal activist for women's rights; her pioneering debut So Long a Letter won the 1980 Noma Award.
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Mariama Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1929 and died in 1981; she was a vocal activist for women's rights; her pioneering debut So Long a Letter won the 1980 Noma Award.
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