ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part examines the location of feminism in its religious origins, and the indigenous origins as a model of indigenous feminism in Africa. It describes the origin of feminism by focusing on the orisa as archetypes of different dimensions of life as it is experienced and lived in Africa. Feminism draws attention to the fact that much of what has passed for authentic knowledge in our male-dominated, androcentric society is in fact a one-sided, distorted knowledge. In anthropology, feminism seeks to expose and reduce male bias in research findings and draws attention to how patriarchy has permeated most research findings, disciplines and social policies. Communitalism is the release of individual and communal, organizational and societal genius of a particular nature, culture, technology and economy, and societal transformation.
