Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism

African Women Struggle for Culture, Power and Democracy

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by Ifi Amadiume

Zed Books

Due/Published January 2000, 320 pages, paper

ISBN 1856498069

This seminal work charts a genealogy of class transformation in the 20th century. In its critique of developmentalism it proposes a genuine commitment to equity and gender democratization. Using the metaphor of a collectivist, humanist culture of traditional African matriarchal heritage, Professor Amadiume contrasts daughters of the Goddess with a corrupt and oppressive culture of imperialism that, she argues, is the heritage of contemporary elite-led women's organizations.