So Long a Letter
New York African Film Festival 2026
May 6 - 12
Based on one of the first feminist novels of modern Africa, So Long a Letter follows a teacher and mother who must find a balance between the Western ways she values and the traditions she respects when her husband decides to take a second wife.
Ramatoulaye,a 50-year-old mother of seven children and headmistress of a primary school in Dakar, is shocked when her husband of 30 years decides to take a second wife—a 20-year-old. In a quest for freedom that leads to rebellion, she must find a balance between the Western ways she values and the traditions she respects. An adaptation of the seminal 1979 novel by Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ, widely regarded as one of the first feminist literary works of modern Africa, Angèle Diabang’s feature debut illustrates very different views of women’s roles in contemporary African society.
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