So Long a Letter - Mariama Ba

Recognized as one of Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th century, So Long a Letter is written as an extended letter to a lifelong friend, after the death of the narrator's estranged husband. A series of reminiscences, the book explores the woman's emotional struggle to survive following her husband's taking a second wife. A testimony to the struggle faced by educated Muslim women in a society that does not give them equal status to men.