Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society by Ifi Amadiume
Author:Ifi Amadiume [Amadiume, Ifi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Anthropology, Cultural & Social
ISBN: 9781783603336
Google: EnNjDgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2015-03-11T23:00:00+00:00
The Hunter/Deity, Aho
The conceptualization of Aho as the husband of the goddess Idemili reflects the contradiction in Nnobi gender ideology which ideally placed males in authority over females. The goddess is by all indications superior to Aho but, because she is also female, Aho has to affirm some form of authority over her regardless of her relative autonomy, as with males and females or husbands and wives in the family.
The goddess Idemili was acknowledged and worshipped by the whole of Nnobi and several other surrounding towns and villages, especially those along the Idemili River. In recognition of Nnobi as the original home of the goddess, these other settlements were said to have been ritually subordinate to Nnobi.
Her supremacy over other deities and spirits, including the ancestors, was stressed by the traditional ruler of Nnobi, Igwe Eze Okoli II:
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