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 181,266 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Mariama Bâ is the 2,802nd most popular writer (up from 2,941st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 12th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Senegalese Writer.
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Among writers, Mariama Bâ ranks 2,802 out of 5,755. Before her are Wang Bo, Kálmán Mikszáth, Alice B. Toklas, Karl Gutzkow, Victoria Benedictsson, and Vladimir Voinovich. After her are Lupus Servatus, Vonda N. McIntyre, Niccolò Tommaseo, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Ibn Zaydún, and Hubert Selby Jr..
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2,796
1847 - 1910
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2,797
1877 - 1967
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2,798
1811 - 1878
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2,799
1850 - 1888
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 2,800
1932 - 2018
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 2,801
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 2,802
805 - 862
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 2,803
1948 - 2019
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,804
1802 - 1874
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,805
1908 - 1994
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,806
1003 - 1071
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,807
1928 - 2004
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,808
Among people born in 1929, Mariama Bâ ranks 204. Before her are Julinho, Ronnie Biggs, Antonietta Stella, Ronald Golias, Péter Palotás, and François Cheng. After her are Roger Bannister, Gérard de Villiers, Liz Sheridan, Leila Abashidze, Albert Azaryan, and Kishore Kumar. Among people deceased in 1981, Mariama Bâ ranks 97. Before her are Edvard Kocbek, Lanza del Vasto, Mohammad Beheshti, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, and Jean Eustache. After her are Robert Montgomery, Walter Heitler, Roman Rudenko, Zdeněk Burian, Norman Taurog, and Marcel Bezençon.
1929 - 2003
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 198
1929 - 2013
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 199
1929 - 2022
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 200
1929 - 2005
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 201
1929 - 1967
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 202
1929 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 203
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 204
1929 - 2018
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 205
1929 - 2013
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 206
1929 - 2022
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 207
1929 - 2018
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 208
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 209
1929 - 1987
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 210
1904 - 1981
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 91
1901 - 1981
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 92
1928 - 1981
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 93
1897 - 1981
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 94
1933 - 1981
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 95
1938 - 1981
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 96
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 97
1904 - 1981
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 98
1904 - 1981
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 99
1907 - 1981
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 100
1905 - 1981
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 101
1899 - 1981
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 102
1907 - 1981
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 103
Among people born in Senegal, Mariama Bâ ranks 14 out of 114. Before her are Ousmane Sembène (1923), Youssou N'Dour (1959), Patrick Vieira (1976), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), Patrice Evra (1981), and Sadio Mané (1992). After her are Aliou Cissé (1976), Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Didier Raoult (1952), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), and Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936).
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 10
1923 - 1986
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 12
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 13
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 14
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 15
1921 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 16
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 18
1978 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 19
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 20
Among writers born in Senegal, Mariama Bâ ranks 2. Before her are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906). After her are Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Birago Diop (1908), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Fatou Diome (1968), Khady Sylla (1963), and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (1990).
1906 - 2001
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 1
1929 - 1981
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 3
1908 - 1989
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 4
1928 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 5
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 6
1963 - 2013
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 7
1990 - Present
HPI: 31.19
Rank: 8