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The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Discourses

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By Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, 1997

The “woman question,” this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. Rethinking gender as a Western construction, Oyewumi offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures.

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