Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyèwùmí masanar ilimin jinsi ce na Nijeriya kuma cikakkiyar farfesa ce na ilimin halayyar dan adam a Jami'ar Stony Brook . Ta yi digirinta na farko a Jami’ar Ibadan da ke Ibadan, Najeriya sannan ta ci gaba da karatun digirinta na farko a fannin ilimin halayyar dan Adam a Jami’ar California, Berkeley Aikin da Oyewumi ta yi ya kasance wani bangare na Afirka wanda har yanzu ba a bayyana shi sosai ba a makarantun kimiyya. Mafi yawan karatunta na karatu da rubutu ta yi amfani da kwarewar Afirka don haskaka tambayoyin madogara game da fannoni da dama da suka hada da ilimin zamantakewar al'umma, kimiyyar siyasa, karatun mata, addini, tarihi, da adabi, duk a kokarin fadada fahimtar malamai don hada da wadanda ba Al’adun yamma. A cikin dukkan ayyukanta, Oyeronke Oyewumi na ƙoƙari don samar da cikakkiyar fahimta game da waɗannan al'ummomin, don haka guje wa hanyoyin ragewa. A cikin tarihinta na 1997, Kirkirar Mata: Yin Hankalin Afirka game da Jawabin Yammacin Yammacin Jima'i, tana ba da bayanan mata masu mulkin mallaka game da mamayar Turawan Yamma a cikin karatun Afirka .