[Short Review] Fatoumata Diawara Channels the Innocence and Power that History Associates with her Name
Serubiri Moses ‘Fatou’ is the short form for Fatoumata or Fatouma where I come from. Her name alone has a long history within Islamic cultures: a city was named Fatimah in Portugal during the Moorish period; Fatimah is the name of the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad, whose husband, Ali, did not marry again until […]