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Aminata Sow Fall
Biography
Aminata Sow Fall was born in Saint Louis, Senegal in 1941. After school in Senegal, she went to France where she took a degree in modern literature. After getting married in France, the couple returned to Senegal, where Sow Fall became a teacher. After the success of La Grève des bàttu (The Beggars’ Strike), she worked for the Ministry of Culture. Her son is the rapper Abass Abass.
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Bibliography
1976 Le Revenant (novel)
1979 La Grève des bàttu (The Beggars’ Strike) (novel)
1982 L’Appel des arènes (novel)
1987 Ex-Père de la Nation (novel)
1993 Le Jujubier du patriarche (novel)
1998 Douceurs du bercail (novel)
2002 Un grain de vie et d’espérance (food)
2002 Sur le flanc gauche du Belem (story)
2005 Festins de la détresse (novel)
2017 L’empire du mensonge (novel)