Ifi Amadiume (an haife ta a 23 ga Afrilu 1947) mawaƙi ne a Nijeriya, masanin ilimin ɗan adam kuma marubucin rubutu. Ta shiga Sashin Addini na Kwalejin Dartmouth, New Hampshire, Amurka, a 1993. Haihuwar Kaduna ne ga iyayen Ibo, Ife Amadiume tayi karatu a Najeriya kafin ya koma Burtaniya a 1971. Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Gabas ta Gabas da Nazarin Afirka, Jami'ar Landan, ta sami BA (1978) da PhD (1983) a fannin ilimin halayyar dan adam . Ta kasance abokiyar bincike har tsawon shekara guda a Jami'ar Nijeriya, Enugu, kuma ta koyar kuma ta yi karatu a kasashen Ingila, Kanada, Amurka da Senegal. Aikinta a Afirka ya haifar da tatsuniyoyi guda biyu masu alaƙa da Ibo: Tushen Matriarchal na Afirka (1987), da Daa Malea Malea Malea Maza, Mijin Mata (Zed Press, 1987) . Anyi la'akari da na biyun ne saboda gaskiyar cewa fiye da shekaru goma kafin bayanin ka'idar queer, yayi jayayya cewa jinsi, kamar yadda aka gina a cikin maganganun mata na Yammacin Turai, bai wanzu a Afirka ba kafin ƙaddamar da mulkin mallaka na fahimtar juna game da bambancin jima'i.