This
paper explains that Mariama
Ba's "Un Chant 'Ecarlate" ("Scarlet Song") is about the failure of an
interracial marriage between a young, poor man from Senegal and the daughter of a French diplomat, focusing on the difficulties of an interracial marriage, such as family opposition from both sides, the weaknesses of the husband and the culture shock of the wife. The author points out that Mariama Ba, born in 1929 in Senegal, was raised by her grandparents in a traditional Muslim household and, being a divorced mother of nine children, was no stranger to the trials and tribulations of marriage. The paper relates that this book makes no attempts at hiding the
injustice of the Africans toward the white woman; like a Greek
tragedy or a morality play, the lesson is for the people who hear and read the words of the author. Several long quotes.
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