What is it about?
The novel Ramata by Abasse Ndione, and its film adaptation by Léandre-Alain Baker in 2009, and the novel Sarraounia: Le drame de la reine magicienne by bdoulaye Mamani, and its film adaptation Sarraounia, by Med Hondo in1986 both have female main characters who defy the norms and take on the margins of society to portray their counter power and assert their place in their perspective society.
Featured Image
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Sortir de la marginalité sociale: Le (contre-)pouvoir de la figure féminine dans les littératures et les cinémas africains, Nouvelles Études Francophones, January 2021, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/nef.2021.0010.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
