Books by Professor Ifi Amadiume

A genealogy of class transformation in the 20th century. It contrasts the idea of a collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage with a corrupt, oppressive culture of imperialism that it argues is the heritage of contemporary, elite-led women's organizations.

Challenging western anthropologists to recognize their own class-based, patriarchal thought, Ifi Amadiume, the author of