Fatou Diome describes in Celles qui attendent (2013), the reasons of clandestine journey of Lamine and Issa. The story of the novel happened in Afrika, in Niodior in Senegal and in part of Europe, in Spain. Diome also focuses on four women of Niodior Island: Arame, Bougna, Daba and Coumba. The objectives of the dissertation are to study and to translate Diome's novel by analyzing the ideas she presents on the clandestine journey and the impact  of migration of Africans to Europe. The research question is: How does Diome present  in the novel of Celles qui attendent, the stakes of migration? To answer the question we analyze  the following themes: The traditions and the conditions of women, the clandestine journey, the clandestine life, those awaiting, the effects of migration and the youth. The methodology of the work is to analyse the novel Celles qui attendent (2013), using the theories of Simone de Beauvoir. Documents on studies on migration and undocumented are developed in the thesis (Migrationsverket 2018). The analysis shows that the economic situation of the women greatly impacted on te journey of the two young men in the novel. / nej

Abstract From a feminist and socio-cultural perspective, this study examines the roles of women in Fatou Diome’s novel Celles qui attendent (2010), and the impact these roles have on the women and their environment. Feminism is a universal concept, but it can have different meanings depending on geographical, cultural, religious, and historical factors. This paper discusses a specific feminist approach, namely African sub-Saharan feminism, by comparing it with Western feminist theory, specifically that of Simone de Beauvoir. With the aim of understanding which feminist ideas are reflected in the novel, the study compares and analyses specific situations in socio-cultural contexts, in which each of the four female protagonists finds themselves. The main questions addressed in the study are: how do the traditional roles of women described in Celles qui attendent (2010) affect the women themselves and the community in which they find themselves? How are feminist ideas expressed in the novel? The study reveals that in the struggle to maintain the most existential life (in a generally poor environment), the protagonists fight daily to improve the situation for their families. In this struggle, the women show a strength that in many cases exceeds that of the men in the novel. Therefore, for the four protagonists in Celles qui attendent (2010), the feminist struggle is not about liberation from male domination, but rather about subsisting theirs lives with dignity.

Nous proposons, dans ce mémoire, d’analyser l’état et les possibilités de promotion du personnage féminin dans le roman Celles qui attendent de Fatou Diome (2010) à travers les individualités de quatre protagonistes, Arame, Bougna, Coumba et Daba. Les contraintes et restrictions inhérentes à l’environnement social textuel ainsi que l’île sénégalaise de Niodior influent directement sur l’état de la figure féminine dans le roman. Dans cette optique, les pratiques sociales de la polygamie et de l’union matrimoniale orchestrée par les aînés sont deux vecteurs désignés comme tributaires de l’insatisfaction des héroïnes. En réaction directe aux pressions de leur société, laquelle prône pour la femme un travail acharné pour sa survie et un mutisme quant au mécontentement ressenti face à sa condition, la femme désire accéder à une élévation. Tandis qu’Arame, Bougna, Coumba et Daba sont secouées par les revers de l’existence, nous constatons que leurs possibilités de promotion s’organisent à l’encontre des règles établies par la tradition. La meilleure stratégie d’élévation, pour les héroïnes du roman Celles qui attendent, s’avère la conquête d’une plus grande liberté d’action et d’opinion pour le sujet féminin, au risque de bouleverser l’ordre socialement établi.