This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye and describing her struggle for survival. It is the winner of the Noma Award.
- ISBN10 0435905554
- ISBN13 9780435905552
- Publish Date 18 April 1989 (first published 2 November 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Heinemann Educational Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 90
- Language English