Women in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… in 1882 and was published under a pseudonym the following year. The chosen pseudonym, ‘Ralph Irons,’ was a deliberate … the sorrow and hardships women face. Mariama Bâ died a year after the release of her debut novel, prior to the … during the 1990’s, the story follows the life of a fifteen year old Nigerian girl, Kambili, and her family. The …