The author of the novel So Long a Letter Mariama 'Ba tried earnestly to reveal the inequalities between women and men in modern-day African society through the sad recount of the protagonist Ramatoulaye's narration of her letter to her friend Aissatou, whose own tragic end of her Marriage to Mawado Bi further revealed the gender inequality which often time archaic traditions and misguided religion plays a huge role in making the African women seem a victim .