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Email: ifi.amadiume@dartmouth.edu Phone: 603-646-1692 Office: 6036 Thornton Hall
Education
B.A. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies; Ph.D. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
Areas of Expertise
Poetry; African matriarchal foundations; African perspectives on religious conscience and the global economy; gender and sex in an African society
Selected Works
"Theorizing Matriarchy in Africa: Kinship Ideologies and Systems in Africa and Europe," in African Gender Studies: A. Reader, Oyeronke Oyewumi (ed.), (2005).
Sexuality, African Religio-Cultural Traditions and Modernity: Expanding the Lens, (2006).
The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing and Social Justice, edited with Abdullahi An-Na'im, (2000).
Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism: African Women, Culture, Power and Democracy, (2000).
Reinventing Africa: Matriarchy, Religion and Culture, (1997).
Current Projects
Matriarchy and Social Justice: Essays on Gendered Religions and Cultures; Mama Asta, an African Muslim matriarchy in Senegal; Voice Draped in Black (poetry)
