Ifi Amadiume is een Nigeriaanse dichteres, antropologe en essayiste wiens werk diep ingaat op Afrikaanse culturen en sociale structuren. Door middel van haar literaire en academische output onderzoekt ze de complexiteit van gender, macht en identiteit, en daagt ze westerse vooroordelen over familie en samenleving uit. Haar schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door een scherpe analyse van Afrikaanse matriarchale fundamenten, die lezers inspireert om de verhalen van Afrikaans erfgoed te heroverwegen.
Challenging conventional narratives, this book urges a reevaluation of Western perceptions of Africa, emphasizing the need for anthropologists to acknowledge their biases. The author critiques the simplistic and often distorted portrayals of the continent, arguing that these representations stem from entrenched class and patriarchal viewpoints. By doing so, the work advocates for a more nuanced and authentic understanding of African cultures and societies.
An early study of queer theory and non-Western feminism, challenging the concept of gender.
In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Admadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance. Representing the culmination of over 40 years of ground-breaking work on notions of matriarchy at the intersection of the Igbo-African universe and the Western capitalist reality, Amadiume sets forth a blueprint for a bold new matriarchitarianism, critiquing all forms of social injustice with a shared matriarchal-relational humanism. In each chapter of the book, Amadiume applies these principles to a dazzling array of subjects: from religious leadership, kinship and family relations, to sexuality, creative writing and matters of conscience in race, class and gender. African Possibilities explodes our notions of matriarchy into original and compelling arguments, and offers a radical alternative approach to the world's entrenched injustices.
Der ethnologische Bericht über eine afrikanische Gesellschaft räumt aus feministischer Sicht mit dem Vorurteil auf, daß Frauen in Afrika seit jeher ökonomisch machtlos und politisch ohne Einfluß gewesen seien.