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Reflecting on Martina Iyabo Oguntoyinbo-Atere’s Inclusive Approach to African Women Studies
Jeffrey-Ebhomenmen, Blessing Okojie (2023): Reflecting on Martina Iyabo Oguntoyinbo-Atere’s Inclusive Approach to African Women Studies, in: Seyram Amenyedzi, Yosi Apollos Maton, und Marceline L. Yele (Hrsg.), SANKOFA : Liberation Theologies of West African Women (Circle Jubilee Volume 1), Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 363–378, doi: 10.20378/irb-93244.
Title of the compilation:
SANKOFA : Liberation Theologies of West African Women (Circle Jubilee Volume 1)
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2023
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978-3-86309-963-3
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English
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Prof. Martina Iyabo Oguntoyinbo-Atere’s works have provided reasons for the inclusion of women, mothers, and children in all aspects of life than being relegated to the margins. The majority of the matriarch's works are based on the oppressed woman's rights and her quest for liberation in the world and in Africa as a whole. As an African woman theologian and philosopher, Oguntoyinbo-Atere defies all odds projecting an inclusive approach to feminist theology in a world and culture dominated by patriarchy, with little or no regard for the plight of oppressed women and the poor. This work analyses and reflects on how her unique research contributions over the years, have sharpened feminist theology from her liberation approach. By adopting the Afrocentric-Womanist Paradigm that emphasizes the study of African issues by Africans, and issues pertaining to women by African women researchers, this better positioned the researcher to understand the plight of an African woman. The study was able to investigate the background that motivated Martina Oguntotinbo-Atere’s feminist research works. The Researcher discovered that Oguntoyinbo-Atere’s theological ideas are derived from her use of liberation and contextual method of hermeneutics, her uniqueness is in her inclusive theology, which emphasizes the need to include women in all facets of life. The general purpose of her research is to encourage women to reject oppression, a move that will affect the world and workplace positively, now and in the future. Oguintoynbo-Atere’s inclusive theology addresses and critiques patriarchy, and wrong interpretations of African philosophy while creating a platform for future research on women and culture.
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Nigeria
Feministische Theologie
Feministische Philosophie
Gleichberechtigung
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Martina I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere
Inclusive Theology
Afrocentric-Womanist Paradigm
Feminism
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
Activation date:
February 5, 2024
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