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Re-inventing Africa : matriarchy, religion, and culture / Ifi Amadiume.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Zed Books, 1997.Description: x, 214 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1856495337 (cased)
  • 1856495345 (limp)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.3/096 21
Contents:
Introduction: Writing AfricaPart I: Rewriting History1. The Matriarchal Roots of Africa2. Race and Gender: Cheikh Anta Diop's Moral Philosophy3. Theorizing Matriarchy in Africa: Kinship Ideologies and Socio-Cultural Systems in Africa and Europe4. Women's Achievements in African Political Systems: Transforming Culture for 500 years5. Gender and Social Movements in Africa: A West African Experience6. Gender and the Contestation of Religion: A Historical Perspective on African societiesPart II: Decolonizing History7. African Women and Politics: A History of Transformation8. Cycles of Western Imperialism: Feminism, Race, Gender, Class and Power9. In the Company of Women: Love, Struggle, Class and Our Feminisms
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Writing AfricaPart I: Rewriting History1. The Matriarchal Roots of Africa2. Race and Gender: Cheikh Anta Diop's Moral Philosophy3. Theorizing Matriarchy in Africa: Kinship Ideologies and Socio-Cultural Systems in Africa and Europe4. Women's Achievements in African Political Systems: Transforming Culture for 500 years5. Gender and Social Movements in Africa: A West African Experience6. Gender and the Contestation of Religion: A Historical Perspective on African societiesPart II: Decolonizing History7. African Women and Politics: A History of Transformation8. Cycles of Western Imperialism: Feminism, Race, Gender, Class and Power9. In the Company of Women: Love, Struggle, Class and Our Feminisms

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