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Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories

Authors: SOTUNSA Mobolanle

Publication Type: Chapters in Books

Journal: Bugas And Jedidah Publishers, Lagos

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"Oju orun to eye fo" The sky is big enough for all birds to fly (without colliding). Again, "oko ki je ti baba oun omo ko ma l'ala" meaning "a farm cannot be jointly owned by a father and child and be totally devoid of boundaries." This is the essence of the need to particularize the experiences of Africans in gender discourse. This paper discusses the various conceptualizations of indigenous African women in gender discourse. It examines concepts such as womanism, motherism, stiwanism, nego feminism and snail sense feminism. The paper explores the common features of the various theories and concepts, distilling the principles underlying them with the aim of arriving at a synthesis. The paper further attempts to translate literary theory into the African idiom by proposing iwalewa obirin as an alterNative, African self-determined theory which syntheizes the earlier multiplicity of theories and concepts.

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SOTUNSA,M. . (2012). Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories, 1 (), 96-96.

SOTUNSA,M. . "Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories" 1, no (), (2012): 96-96.

SOTUNSA,M. and . (2012). Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories, 1 (), pp96-96.

SOTUNSAM, . Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories. 2012, 1 ():96-96.

SOTUNSA,Mobolanle , . "Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories", 1 . (2012) : 96-96.

S.Mobolanle , "Globalizing the Gender Discourse: A Synthesis of Indigenous African Women Theories" vol.1, no., pp. 96-96, 2012.

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