Ifi Amadiume est une poétesse, anthropologue et essayiste nigériane dont l'œuvre explore en profondeur les cultures et les structures sociales africaines. À travers sa production littéraire et académique, elle examine les complexités du genre, du pouvoir et de l'identité, remettant en question les idées préconçues occidentales sur la famille et la société. Son écriture se distingue par son analyse pointue des fondements matriarcaux africains, inspirant les lecteurs à reconsidérer les récits du patrimoine africain.
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.