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African Possibilities

A Matriarchitarian Perspective for Social Justice

by Ifi Amadiume ...

In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Amadiume 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 ... Read more

$23.99 USD

In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Amadiume 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
... Read more
Male Daughters, Female Husbands

Gender and Sex in an African Society

by Ifi Amadiume ...

Series series Essential Amadiume
Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the YearIn 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. Here Amadiume boldly argues that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference ... Read more

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Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the YearIn 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. Here Amadiume boldly argues that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference
... Read more

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Poems for a Century

An Anthology on Nigeria

by Tope Omoniyi, Tope Omoniyi, Kole Ade-Odutola, Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, Richard Ali, Ifi Amadiume, Afam Akeh, Tade Akin Aina0, Peter Akinlabi1, Funso Aiyejina2, Ismail Bala3, John Pepper Clark4, Omohan Ebhodaghe5, Amatoritsero Ede6, Hope Eghagha7, Ogaga Ifowodo8, Zainabu Jallo9, Adebayo Lamikanra0, Akeem Lasisi1, Okinba Launko2, Chidi Anthony Opara3, Uche Nduka4, Obi Nwakanma5, Cyril Obi6, Olu Oguibe7, Tolu Ogunlesi8, Tanure Ojaide9, Femi Oyebode0, Jekwu Ozoemene1, Remi Raji2, E.E. Sule3, Uzor Maxim Uzoatu4, Olajumoke Verissimo6, Molara Wood (Wood, Molara) [A32] and Prince Abiathar Zadok7 ...

In 2010, billions of naira were spent to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's independence since 1960. More naira are to be spent in 2014 to commemorate the centenary marking the nation's birth in 1914 from an amalgamation of diverse group of peoples, languages, cultures and expectations. As the conscience of the nation, writers are calling for a deeper introspection. A hundred years after ... Read more

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In 2010, billions of naira were spent to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nigeria's independence since 1960. More naira are to be spent in 2014 to commemorate the centenary marking the nation's birth in 1914 from an amalgamation of diverse group of peoples, languages, cultures and expectations. As the conscience of the nation, writers are calling for a deeper introspection. A hundred years after
... Read more
Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism

African Women, Culture, Power and Democracy

by Ifi Amadiume ...

Series series Essential Amadiume
Ifi Adadiume contrasts the collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage with the corrupt and oppressive culture of the imperialism that is the heritage of contemporary elite-led women's organizations. Amadiume examines the activities of such organizations in Nigeria, making comparisons with those in Britain and South Africa as well as in international movements; ... Read more

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Ifi Adadiume contrasts the collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage with the corrupt and oppressive culture of the imperialism that is the heritage of contemporary elite-led women's organizations. Amadiume examines the activities of such organizations in Nigeria, making comparisons with those in Britain and South Africa as well as in international movements;
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Re-Inventing Africa

Matriarchy, Religion and Culture

by Ifi Amadiume ...

Series series Essential Amadiume
Now in this Essential Amadiume edition designed to bring Amadiume's groundbreaking ideas to a new generation of readers, this extraordinary book issues a clarion call for a new understanding of Africa, one made and written by Africans**.** Here Amadiume issues a seminal challenge to Western anthropologists to recognize their own complicity in producing a version of Africa that is often little more ... Read more

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Now in this Essential Amadiume edition designed to bring Amadiume's groundbreaking ideas to a new generation of readers, this extraordinary book issues a clarion call for a new understanding of Africa, one made and written by Africans**.** Here Amadiume issues a seminal challenge to Western anthropologists to recognize their own complicity in producing a version of Africa that is often little more
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Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World

Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation

by Chima J. Korieh, Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku, Ada Uzoamaka Azodo, Chijioke Azuawusiefe, Anwesha Das, Alassane Abdoulaye Dia, Nureni Oyewole Fadare, Bernard Steiner Ifekwe, Linda Jummai Mustafa0, N. Tony Nwaezeigwe1, Boniface Enyeribe Nwigwe2, Odigwe A. Nwaokocha3, Ihechukwu Madubuike4, Ifi Amadiume5 ...

Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe’s literary works and how they communicated the Igbo-African world to readers. Engaging in the politics of representation, Achebe sought to demystify deterministic views of race and cultural ethnocentrism. While his books and commentaries have been very influential in shaping a ... Read more

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Chinua Achebe and the Igbo-African World: Between Fiction, Fact, and Historical Representation explores Chinua Achebe’s literary works and how they communicated the Igbo-African world to readers. Engaging in the politics of representation, Achebe sought to demystify deterministic views of race and cultural ethnocentrism. While his books and commentaries have been very influential in shaping a
... Read more
Feminist Futures

Reimagining Women, Culture and Development

by Amy Lind, Rachel Simon-Kumar, Ifi Amadiume, Raka Ray, Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Dana Collins, Peter Chua, David McKie, Banu Subramaniam, Arturo Escobar, Wendy Harcourt, Ming-yan Lai, Minoo Moallem, Anjali Prabhu, Linda Klouzal, Julia D Shayne ...

Straddling disciplines and continents, Feminist Futures interweaves scholarship and social activism to explore the evolving position of women in the South.Working at the intersection of cultural studies, critical development studies and feminist theory, the book's contributors articulate a radical and innovative framework for understanding the linkages between women, culture and development, ... Read more

$97.99 USD

Straddling disciplines and continents, Feminist Futures interweaves scholarship and social activism to explore the evolving position of women in the South.Working at the intersection of cultural studies, critical development studies and feminist theory, the book's contributors articulate a radical and innovative framework for understanding the linkages between women, culture and development,
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Male Daughters, Female Husbands

Gender and Sex in an African Society

by Ifi Amadiume ...

Narrated by Nneka Okoye ...

Series series Essential Amadiume
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10 hours 20 min

Bloomsbury presents Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society by Ifi Amadiume, read by Nneka Okoye.Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the YearIn 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. Here Amadiume boldly argues that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society by Ifi Amadiume, read by Nneka Okoye.Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the YearIn 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. Here Amadiume boldly argues that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western
... Read more

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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

by Jack Donnelly ...

In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific and contingent.Since publication of the first edition ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific and contingent.Since publication of the first edition
... Read more
Policing Sexuality

Sex, Society, and the State

by Julian C. H. Lee ...

Policing Sexuality explores the regulation of sexual behaviour and identity by nation states, and questions how and why states have sought to influence and control the sexuality of its citizens.Julian C. H. Lee presents both theoretical and ethnographic literature, distilling common themes and causes and presenting factors that contribute towards a state's desire to control both the sexual ... Read more

$28.39 USD

Policing Sexuality explores the regulation of sexual behaviour and identity by nation states, and questions how and why states have sought to influence and control the sexuality of its citizens.Julian C. H. Lee presents both theoretical and ethnographic literature, distilling common themes and causes and presenting factors that contribute towards a state's desire to control both the sexual
... Read more
The African Diaspora

Slavery, Modernity, and Globalization

by Professor Toyin Falola ...

The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been dispersed -- many of them forcibly, others driven by economic need or political persecution--to other continents, creating large communities with African origins living outside their native lands. The majority of these communities are in ... Read more

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The African diaspora is arguably the most important event in modern African history. From the fifteenth century to the present, millions of Africans have been dispersed -- many of them forcibly, others driven by economic need or political persecution--to other continents, creating large communities with African origins living outside their native lands. The majority of these communities are in
... Read more
Religion and Human Rights

An Introduction

Edited by John Witte, Jr., M. Christian Green ...

The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret, ... Read more

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The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, religions provide the essential sources and scales of dignity and responsibility, shame and respect, restraint and regret,
... Read more

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