1929 - 1981
Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim. Her frustration with the fate of African women is expressed in her first novel, Une si longue lettre (1979; translated into English as So Long a Letter). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariama Bâ has received more than 165,892 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mariama Bâ is the 2,943rd most popular writer (down from 2,694th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 13th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Senegalese Writer.
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Among writers, Mariama Bâ ranks 2,943 out of 5,794. Before her are Yulian Semyonov, Peter Bieri, Ernst Weiss, Salvador Espriu, Petr Chelčický, and Huseyn Javid. After her are Antonio Ghislanzoni, Olena Teliha, Karl Philipp Moritz, Fatma Aliye Topuz, David Shore, and Annette Kellermann.
1931 - 1993
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 2,937
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 2,938
1882 - 1940
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 2,939
1913 - 1985
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 2,940
1390 - 1460
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 2,941
1882 - 1941
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2,942
1929 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2,943
1824 - 1893
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2,944
1906 - 1942
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2,945
1756 - 1793
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2,946
1862 - 1936
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2,947
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 2,948
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 2,949
Among people born in 1929, Mariama Bâ ranks 210. Before her are Jacques Deray, John Turner, Anastasios of Albania, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, John Osborne, and Christoph von Dohnányi. After her are John C. Bogle, Eric Carle, István Kertész, Sunil Dutt, Rudi Glöckner, and Carolyn S. Shoemaker. Among people deceased in 1981, Mariama Bâ ranks 102. Before her are Paul Anspach, Zdeněk Burian, Ivan Eklind, Jaap Bakema, Jim Davis, and Roman Rudenko. After her are Zoilo Saldombide, Eraldo Monzeglio, Michele Andreolo, Marcel Bezençon, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, and Ricardo Wolf.
1929 - 2003
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 204
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 205
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 206
1929 - 2019
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 207
1929 - 1994
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 208
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 209
1929 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 210
1929 - 2019
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 211
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 212
1929 - 1973
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 213
1929 - 2005
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 214
1929 - 1999
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 215
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 216
1882 - 1981
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 96
1905 - 1981
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 97
1905 - 1981
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 98
1914 - 1981
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 99
1909 - 1981
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 100
1907 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 101
1929 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 102
1905 - 1981
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 103
1906 - 1981
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 104
1912 - 1981
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 105
1907 - 1981
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 106
1940 - 1981
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 107
1887 - 1981
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 108
Among people born in Senegal, Mariama Bâ ranks 12 out of 97. Before her are Patrick Vieira (1976), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Macky Sall (1961), Lamine Diack (1933), and Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921). After her are Patrice Evra (1981), Sadio Mané (1992), Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Mame Madior Boye (1940), and Ibrahim Ba (1973).
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 6
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 7
1923 - 1986
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 9
1933 - Present
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 10
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 11
1929 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 12
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 13
1992 - Present
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 14
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 16
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 17
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 18
Among writers born in Senegal, Mariama Bâ ranks 2. Before her are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906). After her are Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Fatou Diome (1968), and Khady Sylla (1963).
1906 - 2001
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 1
1929 - 1981
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 3
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 4
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 5
1963 - 2013
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 6