ABSTRACT

This paper attempts to understand the negative connotations of amalungelo – women’s rights – within the domain of African vernacular. We attempt to unpack the ways in which amalungelo are invalidated by neo-traditionalist discourse, and how the invalidation of amalungelo often occurs within the domains of African language and African traditions. We embrace a notion of African identity and culture to which we belong, and also unpack some of the contradictions this presents in the form of new traditionalisms (neo-traditionalism) that form and reform to justify patriarchy in modern Africa. Through conversation we search for a textured sense of the matricentric as offered by language and idiom, in the effort to further contribute to the ongoing work of building an African feminism. The paper sees itself as a non-linear exploration of ideas, with no pretentions to finding a concrete set of appropriate concepts for the ongoing search for women’s equality in Africa.

摘要

本文试图了解 amalungelo（妇女权利）在非洲方言领域的负面含义。我们试图解开新传统主义话语使 amalungelo 失效的方式，以及 amalungelo 的失效如何经常发生在非洲语言和非洲传统领域内。我们拥护我们所属的非洲身份和文化的概念，并以新传统主义（新传统主义）的形式解决一些矛盾，这些矛盾形成和改革以证明现代非洲的父权制是正当的。通过对话，我们寻找语言和习语所提供的母权主义的质感，努力进一步为建设非洲女权主义的持续工作做出贡献。该论文将自己视为对思想的非线性探索，