Publication Information
Author:
Amadiume,
Ifi, 1947-
Title:
Afrikan matriarchal foundations: the Igbo
case
Published By:
London: Karnak House, 1987. 87 p.:
ill.
By line: Ifi Amadiume
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2003. Computer File
Culture:
Igbo (FF26)
Subjects:
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Gender status (562);
Lineages (613);
Spirits and gods (776);
Sacred objects and places (778);
Prayers and sacrifices (782);
Priesthood (793);
Organized ceremonial (796);
Abstract:
In this work, Amadiume attempts to demonstrate
that Igbo societies are based on a matriarchal foundation, as is the case in
most of Africa. In her analysis of the data the author describes the many ways
in which Igbo women generate and manipulate ideologies in the society, as for
example, in the very sophisticated and egalitarian system, extemely favorable to
women, found in the traditional system in Nnobi. At the center of this system is
the worship of the goddess Idemili, a religion and culture dating back to 3000
B.C. (p. 11).
Document Number:
39
Document ID: ff26-039
Document Type:
Monograph
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical
references (p. 85-86)
Field Date:
no date
Evaluation:
Indigene, Ethnologist-5
Analyst:
John Beierle ;
2001
Coverage Date:
not specified
Coverage Place:
town of Nnobi, Idemili
local government area, Anambra State,
Nigeria
LCSH:
Igbo (African people)
