Alain Mabanckou (mah-BAHN-koo), Mariama Ba, and Aimé Césaire
This language was used to write the novel Memoirs of a Porcupine and an essay addressed to James Baldwin titled Letter to Jimmy. The organization ADELF awards annual literary prizes for works in this language, which was used to write a semi-autobiographical 1981 novel that is couched as a series of letters from a woman named Ramatoulaye (rah-mah-TOO-"lie"-ay) to her American immigrant friend Aissatou ("eye"-SAH-too). So Long a Letter was written in this language, as was the essay "Black Orpheus," which introduced a volume of poetry in this language compiled by Léopold Senghor. Alain Mabanckou (mah-BAHN-koo), Mariama Ba, and Aimé Césaire (SAY-zair) primarily wrote in, for 10 points, what language used by the poets of the Négritude movement and other African authors in former colonies such as Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire?
This language was used to write the novel Memoirs of a Porcupine and an essay addressed to James Baldwin titled Letter to Jimmy.
French language [or langue français or le français]