Womanism is black-centred; it is accommodationist. It believes in the freedom and independence of women like feminism; unlike radical feminism, it wa… - Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi

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Womanism is black-centred; it is accommodationist. It believes in the freedom and independence of women like feminism; unlike radical feminism, it wants meaningful union between black women and black men and black children and will see to it that men begin to change from their sexist stand. It is also interested in communal well-being.

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About Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi

Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (born 1939) is a Nigerian academic, a literary critic and writer.

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Alternative Names: Chikwene Okonjo Ogunyemi Chikwenye O. Ogunyemi
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As black, they themselves suffered as victims of a white patriarchal culture, as women, they also face racial, sexual harassment, and class discrimination by white men. Within the framework, most of the black women writers...deal mainly with the black woman as a victim of black patriarchy

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