In a novel written in this language, a woman stabs Ousmane for courting another wife. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this language used by Mariama Bâ to write Scarlet Song. The poet of “Black Woman” was elected to a council governing this language that consists of 40 “immortals.”
ANSWER: French [or française; accept Académie française or French Academy]
[10h] Bâ also wrote this novel in which the widow Ramatoulaye (“rah-mah-too-LYE”) writes the title objects to Aïssatou (“ah-ee-sah-TOO”).
ANSWER: So Long a Letter [or Une si longue lettre]
[10e] The first president of this modern-day country, Léopold Senghor, founded a boarding school in it named after Bâ, who was also from this country.
ANSWER: Senegal [or Republic of Senegal or Republique du Senegal]
<SM, Long Fiction>