In a novel from this country, a writer first encounters the lost novel The Labyrinth of Inhumanity after sleeping with an older acclaimed author he calls the “Spider-Mother.” That novel from this country was influenced by Roberto Bolaño, draws from the Yambo Ouologuem (“wo-lo-GHEM”) plagiarism scandal, and is titled The Most Secret Memory of Men. In a novel from this country, a woman undergoes forty days of solitude after her polygamous husband Modou dies from a heart attack. An author from this country wrote an epistolary novel in which Ramatoulaye (“rah-mah-too-LYE”) writes to her (10[1])friend Aissatou (“eye-sah-TOO”) after becoming widowed; that novel is So Long a Letter. In 1960, the Négritude poet of “Black Woman” became this country’s (10[1])first president. For 10 points, (10[1])name this home country of Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Mariama Bâ, and Leopold Senghor. ■END■