In this chapter, I critically engage with Uduma O Uduma’s conclusions in the preceding two chapters. While I agree with many of his arguments, I point out that some form of women marginalization can be identified in contemporary Africa. Extending his argument, I argue that these identifiable issues can be traced to colonial and missionary influence on contemporary African culture. Based on this, I proceed to consider the possibility that a radical group of African feminists that can be described as testosteronic feminists is unwittingly trivializing a legitimate concern with their overreach. This legitimate concern is the manifestation of women marginalizing practices and norms in post-colonial Africa, which is trivialized by false claims about the origins of this culture of anomie. I further show how this uncritical attitude leads advocates to flip and recreate Western oppressive patriarchy as matriarchy.

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Is the Rise of Testosteronic Feminism in Africa Trivializing a Legitimate Concern? Engaging with Uduma O Uduma

  • Jonathan O. Chimakonam

摘要

In this chapter, I critically engage with Uduma O Uduma’s conclusions in the preceding two chapters. While I agree with many of his arguments, I point out that some form of women marginalization can be identified in contemporary Africa. Extending his argument, I argue that these identifiable issues can be traced to colonial and missionary influence on contemporary African culture. Based on this, I proceed to consider the possibility that a radical group of African feminists that can be described as testosteronic feminists is unwittingly trivializing a legitimate concern with their overreach. This legitimate concern is the manifestation of women marginalizing practices and norms in post-colonial Africa, which is trivialized by false claims about the origins of this culture of anomie. I further show how this uncritical attitude leads advocates to flip and recreate Western oppressive patriarchy as matriarchy.