Amina Mama
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Amina Mama is a Nigeria
n feminist writer and academic. She received her doctorate in organizational psychology from the University of London
. From 1999 to 2002 she served as director of the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town
. One of her best known works is Beyond the Masks: Race, Gender and Subjectivity (Routledge 1995)
Professor Mama is as at October 2011 the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women's Leadership at Mills College, Oakland, United States, and Chair of the Department of Gender and Women Studies at the University of California, Davis.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n feminist writer and academic. She received her doctorate in organizational psychology from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. From 1999 to 2002 she served as director of the African Gender Institute at the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
. One of her best known works is Beyond the Masks: Race, Gender and Subjectivity (Routledge 1995)
Professor Mama is as at October 2011 the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women's Leadership at Mills College, Oakland, United States, and Chair of the Department of Gender and Women Studies at the University of California, Davis.