Library
On 17 April 1929, the Senegalese author and feminist Mariama Bâ was born. Bâ was born in Dakar, into an educated and well-to-do Senegalese family of Lebu ethnicity and was raised a Muslim. Her two novels, So Long a Letter (1979) and Scarlet Song (1981), were written in French and translated into more than a dozen languages.
Please note that the ASCL and its library will be closed from Monday 26 December up to and including Friday 30 December. We wish you happy holidays and best wishes for the new year!
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00 - Closures - Visit us: Address - Contact: Phone: +31 (0)71 527 3354 / Email: asclibrary@asc.leidenuniv.nl