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Amina Mama
Amina Mama (born 19 September 1958) is a Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic. Her main areas of focus have been post-colonial, militarist and gender issues. She has lived in Africa, Europe, and North America, and worked to build relationships between feminist intellectuals across the globe. ==Background== Mama was born in northern Nigerian〔("One-way ticket just isn't an option" ), ''Times Higher Education'', 13 January 2006.〕 in 1958 in a mixed household. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is English. According to Mama, her eclectic family background and upbringing has shaped her worldview.〔 In 1992 she married to Nuruddin Farah,〔("Farah, Nuruddin" ), Encyclopedia.com.〕 with whom she has two children.〔Dinitia Smith, "(A Somali Author as Guide to a Dantean Inferno )", ''New York Times'', 19 May 2004.〕 She grew up in Kaduna, an ethnically and religiously diverse town in northern Nigeria. Her ancestral roots on her paternal side trace back to Bida. Several members of Mama's family were involved in the development of the post-colonial local educational system.〔Amina Mama interviewed by Elaine Salo, "Talking about Feminism in Africa", reproduced in ''Women's World'' from ''Agenda'', "African Feminisms I", no. 50 (2001).〕 In 1966, she left her community in Nigeria due to anti-Muslim riots.〔"(Amina Mama )", ''The Women's Building'', accessed 24 October 2012.〕
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