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Title Yearning for Transformation: Women Living in the Margins of Senegal and France, 1958-2003

Full text http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4529h762

Date 2014

Author(s) Mulira, Sanyu Ruth

Abstract This thesis comparatively and critically examines "La Noire de..." (1962) by Ousmane Sembène and "The Belly of the Atlantic" (2003) by Fatou Diome as testimonial pieces of Francophone African literature that share common themes and threads despite the 40 years that separate them. Both narratives deal with issues of cultural alienation as induced by French Colonialism, yearning for transformation, and disillusionment within the Senegalese social climate. Featuring female domestic workers as protagonists, "La Noire de..." and "The Belly of the Atlantic" relate to each other in a way that is of special interest when considering a trajectory of female voices in Senegalese testimonial fiction.

Subject(s) African studies; African literature; Diome; France; Migritude; Sembene; Senegal; Senegalese Women

Coverage 70

Language en

Publisher eScholarship, University of California

Relation http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4529h762

Type of publication dissertation

Format application/pdf

Source Mulira, Sanyu Ruth. (2014). Yearning for Transformation: Women Living in the Margins of Senegal and France, 1958-2003. UCLA: African Studies 0044. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4529h762

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Identifier qt4529h762

Repository Berkeley - University of California

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