Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley

female, deceased (1784)
Congregationalist, Gambian women writer, Senegalesewomenwriter, Boston cultural history, American women writer, Massachusetts colonial…Women writer, Senegalese American, writer, Senegalese
Phillis Wheatley was the first African American female writer to be published in the United States. Her book "Poems on Various Subjects" was...
Mariama Ba

Mariama Ba

female, deceased (1981)
Abiola Irele, Senegalesewomenwriter, Noma Prize, French West Africa, Senegalese, senegal…writer
Mariama Bâ was a Senegalese author and feminist, who wrote in French. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim, but at an early age came to c...