Who is Madou Fall in the book?

Modou is a lawyer who starts his career representing trade unions. Later in life he transitions to a post in the government. In his youth he married Ramatoulaye for love, and later in life he marries again, though this time the reasons are less certain. Modou respected his educated working first wife and yet he requires his second wife to stop her studies. Modou starts out in life with the energy and ideals of youth, and as he ages he loses steam and the will to fight. He lets all of it fall by the wayside, going so far as to disrespect Rama by abandoning her physically and financially.