Amina Mama
Biographic Data
| ID | 184038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amina Mama |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mama |
| SIGNATURE | MAMA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4755-8274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 232 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Nkrumah's legacy, feminism and the next generation
This lecture challenges the narratives of postcolonial failure to argue that, Africans have accumulated valuable experiences that can lift us out of transgenerational obscurity and provide transformative lessons for the future. Among these are the legacies of Kwame Nkrumah and his vision of the interlinked nature of economic and cultural processes, and his affirmation of women's role in African liberation. The lecture reviews Nkrumah's intellectu…
We will not be pacified’
Whether hailed for transitioning to the ballot box, or condemned for failing to hold elections, Africa’s postcolonial states exhibit profound contradictions in the arena of gender politics. Where reforms have been achieved, implementation remains minimal, as undemocratic state structures and uncivil societies alike lack the political will to change. This article addresses the emergence of feminism as an intellectual and political force for freedo…
Die Kraft panafrikanischen feministischen Denkens
Der transnationale Feminismus stammt aus dem Süden«
Militarism, Conflict and Women's Activism in the Global Era
This article develops a feminist perspective on militarism in Africa, drawing examples from the Nigerian, Sierra Leonean and Liberian civil wars spanning several decades to examine women's participation in the conflict, their survival and livelihood strategies, and their activism. We argue that postcolonial conflicts epitomise some of the worst excesses of militarism in the era of neoliberal globalisation, and that the economic, organisational an…
What Does it Mean to Do Feminist Research in African Contexts
Critical connections
Is It Ethical to Study Africa? Preliminary Thoughts on Scholarship and Freedom
This article explores the manner in which ethical concerns have been addressed within Africa's progressive intellectual tradition through the eras of anti-colonial, pan-African, and nationalist struggles for freedom, and into the era of globalization. Africa is characterized as the region bearing the most negative con-sequences of globalization, a reality that offers a critical vantage point well-attuned to the challenge of demystifying the globa…
Pursuing gender equality in the African University
Africa urgently needs strong, creative and intellectually productive institutions of higher learning to address continental knowledge needs in a manner that is closely grounded in the political and cultural aspirations of Africa's diverse peoples; women as well as men. This requires academics and academic administrators working in African universities to be deeply sensitive to the challenges of gender equality, social justice and democratisation.…
Gender studies for Africa’s transformation
Demythologising Gender in Development
Engendering African Social Sciences
Post Gulf War Forum Assault on Iraq
This article does not have an abstract
Beyond the Masks
Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people, none of them favourable, and most of which have reinforced stereotyped and derogatory images. Beyond the Masks is a readable account of black psychology, exploring key theoretical issues in race and gender. In it, Amina Mama examines the history of racist psychology, and of the implicit racism throughout the discipline. Beyond the Masks also offers an important theoreti…
Challenging Subjects
Why We Must Write
Amina Mama, Why We Must Write: Personal Reflections on Linking the Alchemy of Science with the Relevance of Activism, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, No. 46, The Politics of Writing (2000), pp. 13-20
Strengthening civil society
ABANTU for Development embarked on a regional programme to strengthen civil society capacities for engaging with policy from a gender perspective. An early programme activity involved an in-depth study of NGO capacities for policy engagement which ABANTU carried out in Nigeria during the recent period of military rule. In keeping with ABANTU's commitments as a regional human resources network dedicated to promoting development and gender equality…
Women and Gender in African Studies
Khaki in the Family
The Nigerian military state has used gender politics for its own ends, exploiting opportunities afforded by international concern with women. The high- ly publicized program for rural enabled regime of Babangida to gain international credibility. The Abacha regime did not seek or win international sup- port, but sought to upstage gender politics of their predecessors locally by mounting more broadly populist programs which promised benefits to th…
Beyond the Masks
CHERYL DE LA REY leads a discussion with AMINA MAMA about the writer's groundbreaking work on black subjectivity. ZINE MAGUBANE presents some of the highlights of the conversation on the book BEYOND THE MASKS, held at the African Gender Institute in Cape Town
Beyond the masks
Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and colonised peoples. Beyond the Masks is a book which seeks to go beyond Franz Fanon's concept of black identity as a 'white mask', placing race and gender at the centre of our understanding of identity. Amina Mama argues that rather than simply internalising what psychological theory and dominant culture have to say about them, black women invoke collective history in a continuous strugg…
Showing Our Colours
The Colour of Love
Showing Our Colours
The Colour of Love
Is It Ethical to Study Africa? Preliminary Thoughts on Scholarship and Freedom
This article explores the manner in which ethical concerns have been addressed within Africa's progressive intellectual tradition through the eras of anti-colonial, pan-African, and nationalist struggles for freedom, and into the era of globalization. Africa is characterized as the region bearing the most negative con-sequences of globalization, a reality that offers a critical vantage point well-attuned to the challenge of demystifying the globa…
Khaki in the Family
The Nigerian military state has used gender politics for its own ends, exploiting opportunities afforded by international concern with women. The high- ly publicized program for rural enabled regime of Babangida to gain international credibility. The Abacha regime did not seek or win international sup- port, but sought to upstage gender politics of their predecessors locally by mounting more broadly populist programs which promised benefits to th…
Engendering African Social Sciences
Black Women, the Economic Crisis and the British State
Challenging Subjects
Demythologising Gender in Development
Militarism, Conflict and Women's Activism in the Global Era
This article develops a feminist perspective on militarism in Africa, drawing examples from the Nigerian, Sierra Leonean and Liberian civil wars spanning several decades to examine women's participation in the conflict, their survival and livelihood strategies, and their activism. We argue that postcolonial conflicts epitomise some of the worst excesses of militarism in the era of neoliberal globalisation, and that the economic, organisational an…
What Does it Mean to Do Feminist Research in African Contexts
We will not be pacified’
Whether hailed for transitioning to the ballot box, or condemned for failing to hold elections, Africa’s postcolonial states exhibit profound contradictions in the arena of gender politics. Where reforms have been achieved, implementation remains minimal, as undemocratic state structures and uncivil societies alike lack the political will to change. This article addresses the emergence of feminism as an intellectual and political force for freedo…
Why We Must Write
Amina Mama, Why We Must Write: Personal Reflections on Linking the Alchemy of Science with the Relevance of Activism, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, No. 46, The Politics of Writing (2000), pp. 13-20
Violence against Black Women
The current housing crisis is being seriously exacerbated by central government's policies. The Housing Act 1988 consolidates the fundamental erosion of public housing as, for example, in the 'right to buy'. The purchase of council homes consolidates inequality because it benefits those in the best council accommodation more than those in the worst estates. Here people may well not even like their homes enough to want to own them or may not be ab…
Strengthening civil society
ABANTU for Development embarked on a regional programme to strengthen civil society capacities for engaging with policy from a gender perspective. An early programme activity involved an in-depth study of NGO capacities for policy engagement which ABANTU carried out in Nigeria during the recent period of military rule. In keeping with ABANTU's commitments as a regional human resources network dedicated to promoting development and gender equality…
Beyond the Masks
CHERYL DE LA REY leads a discussion with AMINA MAMA about the writer's groundbreaking work on black subjectivity. ZINE MAGUBANE presents some of the highlights of the conversation on the book BEYOND THE MASKS, held at the African Gender Institute in Cape Town
Women and Gender in African Studies
Letter
Letter
Letter
Black Women, the Economic Crisis and the British State
Violence against Black Women
The current housing crisis is being seriously exacerbated by central government's policies. The Housing Act 1988 consolidates the fundamental erosion of public housing as, for example, in the 'right to buy'. The purchase of council homes consolidates inequality because it benefits those in the best council accommodation more than those in the worst estates. Here people may well not even like their homes enough to want to own them or may not be ab…
Books
John Cater and Trevor Jones, Social Geography: An Introduction to Contemporary Issues London: Edward Arnold, 1989, 260 pp., £10.95 p.b. Angela Davis, An Autobiography London: The Women's Press, 1990, 400 pp., £6.95 p.b. Angela Davis, Women, Culture and Politics London: The Women's Press, 1990, 240 pp., £5.95 p.b. Maria Lin Wong, Chinese Liverpudlians: A history of the Chinese community in Liverpool Merseyside: Liver Press, 1989, 100 pp., £3.75 p.…
Showing Our Colours
The Colour of Love
Showing Our Colours
The Colour of Love
Beyond the masks
Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and colonised peoples. Beyond the Masks is a book which seeks to go beyond Franz Fanon's concept of black identity as a 'white mask', placing race and gender at the centre of our understanding of identity. Amina Mama argues that rather than simply internalising what psychological theory and dominant culture have to say about them, black women invoke collective history in a continuous strugg…
Beyond the Masks
CHERYL DE LA REY leads a discussion with AMINA MAMA about the writer's groundbreaking work on black subjectivity. ZINE MAGUBANE presents some of the highlights of the conversation on the book BEYOND THE MASKS, held at the African Gender Institute in Cape Town
Khaki in the Family
The Nigerian military state has used gender politics for its own ends, exploiting opportunities afforded by international concern with women. The high- ly publicized program for rural enabled regime of Babangida to gain international credibility. The Abacha regime did not seek or win international sup- port, but sought to upstage gender politics of their predecessors locally by mounting more broadly populist programs which promised benefits to th…
Women and Gender in African Studies
Why We Must Write
Amina Mama, Why We Must Write: Personal Reflections on Linking the Alchemy of Science with the Relevance of Activism, Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity, No. 46, The Politics of Writing (2000), pp. 13-20
Strengthening civil society
ABANTU for Development embarked on a regional programme to strengthen civil society capacities for engaging with policy from a gender perspective. An early programme activity involved an in-depth study of NGO capacities for policy engagement which ABANTU carried out in Nigeria during the recent period of military rule. In keeping with ABANTU's commitments as a regional human resources network dedicated to promoting development and gender equality…
Challenging Subjects
Beyond the Masks
Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people, none of them favourable, and most of which have reinforced stereotyped and derogatory images. Beyond the Masks is a readable account of black psychology, exploring key theoretical issues in race and gender. In it, Amina Mama examines the history of racist psychology, and of the implicit racism throughout the discipline. Beyond the Masks also offers an important theoreti…
Post Gulf War Forum Assault on Iraq
This article does not have an abstract
Demythologising Gender in Development
Engendering African Social Sciences
Gender studies for Africa’s transformation
Pursuing gender equality in the African University
Africa urgently needs strong, creative and intellectually productive institutions of higher learning to address continental knowledge needs in a manner that is closely grounded in the political and cultural aspirations of Africa's diverse peoples; women as well as men. This requires academics and academic administrators working in African universities to be deeply sensitive to the challenges of gender equality, social justice and democratisation.…
Critical connections
Is It Ethical to Study Africa? Preliminary Thoughts on Scholarship and Freedom
This article explores the manner in which ethical concerns have been addressed within Africa's progressive intellectual tradition through the eras of anti-colonial, pan-African, and nationalist struggles for freedom, and into the era of globalization. Africa is characterized as the region bearing the most negative con-sequences of globalization, a reality that offers a critical vantage point well-attuned to the challenge of demystifying the globa…
What Does it Mean to Do Feminist Research in African Contexts
Sociology (22 works) · Gender Studies (17 works) · Political science (14 works) · Anthropology (11 works) · Feminism (10 works) · Cultural Studies (9 works) · Human sexuality (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)