The transformation of African society is the responsibility of both men and women and it is also in their interest. - Molara Ogundipe

What we want in Africa is social transformation. It is not about warring with men, the reversal of role, or doing to men whatever women think that men have been doing for centuries, but it is trying to build a harmonious society.

The liberation of women is conceived as the desire of women to reduce men to housekeepers. Since most men despise manual work for feudal and middle class reasons, women’s liberation is feared as an effort by women to ‘feminise’ men, that is, degrade them.

My mother took her place very firmly as a leader in many structures, though in the