Les impatientes
by Djaïli Amadou Amal
Le destin tragique de trois femmes vivant au Sahel. Ramla et Hindou, deux soeurs de 17 ans, sont mariées de force, la première à Alhadji Issa, un homme riche, et la deuxième à Moubarak, son cousin. La troisième, Safira, est la première épouse d'Alhadji Issa et elle se méfie de l'arrivée de Ramla dans son foyer. Un roman sur la dureté de la condition féminine.
Published: 2020
Originally written in French
Number of pages: 252
Recommended FSL Programs and Grades
Grade 11 (Immersion)
Grade 12 (Immersion)
Race/Ethnic/Geographic Information
Author: born in 1975 in Maroua, is a Cameroonian feminist activist and writer of French expression
Characters: Polyphonique=three young women in Cameroon who are married against their will
Setting: Cameroun
Notes from a teacher-reader
Mature Read due to topics of rape and violent marriages.
Topics: Importance of education, free will, woman empowerment.
Feel free to contact the teacher-reader, Teresa Cowan, at teresa.cowan@yrdsb.ca if you have questions about this novel.