5/11/2023 0 Comments So Long a Letter by Mariama BâDuring that period, the family also tries to reveal the secrets the dead man hid away from them and to understand who he was in reality. Ramatoulaye notes however that she has just started the grieving period required by her religion. When the guests leave, Ramatoulaye’s house is destroyed. The people who come to the funeral procession give gifts of money to the family but Ramatoulaye notes that her share will be much smaller than the one the other family members will get. Ramatoulaye writes that she was married to her husband for 30 years while his younger wife was married to him only for five years. The two women received their husband’s friends and family but remained behind when Modou’s body was taken to his final resting place. In her second letter, Ramatoulaye described the funeral procession and how she was forced by custom to receive in her house her husband’s second wife, Binetou. Ramatoulaye tells her correspondent that her estranged husband, Modou, died suddenly of a heart attack and that she was deeply affected by his passing. The action begins with the main character, Ramatoulaye, writing to her close friend in America, Aissatou.
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