Ifi Amadiume (onye a mụrụ n'ụbọchị nke 23 n’onwa Eprel nke afọ 1947) bu onye na-ede abụ ụrị.antụrọpọlọjisti,onye odee nke Naijiria. O sonyeere Ngalaba Okpukpe nke Dartmouth College,na New Hampshire,dị n'Amerịka, n'afọ 1993. A mụrụ ya na Kaduna nye nne na nna bụ ndị Igbo, Ife Amadiume gụrụ akwụkwọ na Naịjirịa tupu ọ kwaga Briten n'afọ 1971. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na School of Oriental and African Studies, Mahadum nke Lọndọn, na-enweta nzere bacjelọ (1978) na dọktọreti (1983) na sochal antụrọpọlọji na n'otu n'otu. Ọ bụ onye otu na-eme nchọpụta otu afọ na Mahadum nke Nigeria,dị n'Enugu, ma kụziekwa nkuzi na UK, Kanada, Amerịka na Senegal. Ọrụ ya na Afrịka mere ka e nwee ederede aha abụọ gbasara Igbo: African Matriarchal Foundation (1987), na Male Daughters, Female Husband (Zed Press, 1987) ritere ihe nrite.