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As we engage in the ennobling quest of giving African and Third World woman access to their rightful place in society, it is instructive to note that many African traditions are indeed noble and should therefore not be subjected to wholesale condemnation. Androcentrism - geared and selfish aspects of the same, such as FGM, amongst a plethora of its virulent ilk, should however be willfully discarded. A gender war should not be left to brew, as some rights ‘proponents’ tend to imply. They should embrace the fact that culture is dynamic and nature’s intention is to better them by the decade, while at the same time evading their adulteration and thus, deterioration. It is only then that they will not lose sight of the focus of this equity struggle; and in effect, give the hard working, but often ignored, African woman her due recognition and place in the annals of history.
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Antony Felix O. Simbowo
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