Ifi Amadiume

**Ifi Amadiume** (ma bí efu óchu ekélé nolu ogwu nyo méta efu ódò 1947)í chene Ọkakachi efu Nigerian , í chene kí chukocha eñwu íbe‘fu Oona manyu úché kone ache kpaí alu kone aru ojo. Í dama manyu újo ye í abo óla ojo efu Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, US, efu ódò 1993.

## Alu kí àbàkwéne ñwu kpai ofigbélí ñw
Ma bí efu éwo Kaduna ñw ófikpalí Igbo , Ife Amadiume í che chí ene kí chí ótakada efu Nigeria takí í lo tí ojikpalí anaododa  Britain efu ódò  1971. Í chene kí chu kocha ùgbo unyí School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, kí ní BA (ódò 1978) kpai  PhD (ódò 1983) efu social anthropology respectively. í che ene kí Cha akwe‘teñwu alèbor ódò ñw í ye University of Nigeria, Enugu, kpai ílactura efu éwo amenefu  UK, Canada, US kpai Senegal. ùgbo kía chukọlọ efu ojiane ojikpalí amenedudu  Africa í ko o...hí efu eñwu mejí kí chí ethnographic monographs kí che‘fu lo tí Igbo:anyu *African Matriarchal Foundations* (efu ódò 1987), kpaí ma dí íkebe awodu-nw enekele oma , onubule, oko‘ya onubule  (Zed Press, 1987). ubíle ma deju coó kí Cha me kwí àbàkwéne todu kí ní íbenu ogbogba dabí aluka ye í ódò ta kí í neka edú ye í queer theory, í ji‘ñwa kakini onubule bakí enekele , alu kí Cha efu Olu-ane feminist discourse, ìdẹ efù ojìàńē abo àfricã ťákí abó çolonìa wa kpaì ẹnwù kùmámá lùgbò sex . ọtákídá ñwù theorí essays, ẹdábíyí ojíanẹ Africa kí dufu efu odo  1998. Extracts from her work is included in the anthology *[[Daughters of Africa]]* (1992).

Dabí ene okakachí kí  participated efu  Festac '77, ye í cholo ku ma che onukejí efu íleí ojiane amenedudu kpaí eñwu ogwuu, kpaí eñwu kí gba efu ódò 1985 , *Passion Waves*, ódù ñw de'fu abo kí dago ojí ye í  Commonwealth Poetry Prize. í gbí íkebe awodu ye ótakada ye oluka kí ko ẹgba 2006 ñw Flora Nwapa Society ,oji ufedo.

Í che dago ojí ye advisory board ye í Centre for Democracy and Development, é non-governmental organisation ka kí ,kí duma èdo ku ma du ojima ye  democracy, peace kpaí  human rights efu  Afríka nyogba, ólolonwu chí efu ye West African sub-region. 

Ma che mí Amadiume eju ma todu úkolo etae kí che efu oluka feminist : "ukolo-nw jenwu achíatako oná étito efu íbe ekpe todu amí enekele kpai abobule, ye í áne ye ukpahu, kpai eña abobule efu óhilaà kpaí eñwu ogwuu ". She has nevertheless attracted criticism for her "assumption that [the] female is necessarily equated with peace and love."

## Works

### Poetry
* *Passion Waves*, London: Karnak House, 1985, .
* *Ecstasy*, Longman Nigeria, 1995. Association of Nigerian Authors 1992 Literary Award for Poetry. 
* *Returning*
* *Circles of Love*, Africa World Press, 2006, 
* *Voices Draped in Black*, Africa World Press, 2008, 

### Anthropology
* *African Matriarchal Foundations: The Igbo Case*, London: Karnak House, 1987, 
* *Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society*, London: Zed Press, 1987, . St. Martin’s Press, 1990.
* *Re-inventing Africa: Matriarchy, Religion and Culture*, Interlink Publishing Group, 1997, 
* *The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing, and Social Justice* (edited, with Abdullahi A. An-Na’im), London: Zed Books, 2000. 
* *Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism: African Women Struggle for Culture, Power and Democracy*, London: Zed Books, 2000. 

## References

## External links

*Biography
*Centre for Democracy and Development

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