Amina Mama

1.9k total citations
39 papers, 873 citations indexed

About

Amina Mama is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Amina Mama has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 873 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Gender Studies and 6 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Amina Mama's work include African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 papers) and African history and culture studies (3 papers). Amina Mama is often cited by papers focused on African cultural and philosophical studies (5 papers), Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 papers) and African history and culture studies (3 papers). Amina Mama collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Africa. Amina Mama's co-authors include Margo Okazawa-Rey, Henning Melber, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Cheryl de la Rey, Zine Magubane, Philomena Essed, Yasmin Alibhai‐Brown, James Donald and Ali Rattansi and has published in prestigious journals such as Feminist Review, African Studies Review and IDS Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Amina Mama

35 papers receiving 607 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amina Mama United States 15 469 300 154 127 91 39 873
Linda M. Perkins United States 7 676 1.4× 421 1.4× 217 1.4× 110 0.9× 34 0.4× 21 1.1k
Deborah Posel South Africa 18 779 1.7× 194 0.6× 111 0.7× 126 1.0× 135 1.5× 44 1.2k
Karen Anderson United States 7 539 1.1× 298 1.0× 94 0.6× 106 0.8× 42 0.5× 13 932
Himani Bannerji Canada 12 588 1.3× 138 0.5× 138 0.9× 130 1.0× 44 0.5× 24 852
Rita Laura Segato Brazil 16 674 1.4× 354 1.2× 76 0.5× 136 1.1× 179 2.0× 64 1.2k
Diane L. Wolf United States 13 610 1.3× 222 0.7× 77 0.5× 149 1.2× 79 0.9× 29 926
Ann Russo United States 10 650 1.4× 437 1.5× 67 0.4× 199 1.6× 102 1.1× 24 1.1k
Meg Luxton Canada 15 653 1.4× 312 1.0× 73 0.5× 187 1.5× 41 0.5× 34 1.1k
M. Jacqui Alexander South Africa 8 866 1.8× 391 1.3× 150 1.0× 164 1.3× 171 1.9× 16 1.3k
Pam Nilan Australia 16 582 1.2× 162 0.5× 203 1.3× 124 1.0× 24 0.3× 83 917

Countries citing papers authored by Amina Mama

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amina Mama

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amina Mama

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mama, Amina. (2022). 1 - Towards Academic Freedom for Africa in the 21st Century*. Journal of Higher Education in Africa. 4(3). 1–32. 3 indexed citations
2.
Mama, Amina. (2014). Pan-Africanism: Beyond survival to renaissance. 53(1).
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Mama, Amina, et al.. (2014). Feminism and pan-Africanism. 129. 3 indexed citations
4.
Mama, Amina, et al.. (2012). African feminist engagements with film. 162.
5.
Mama, Amina. (2011). The Challenges of Feminism: Gender, Ethics and Responsible Academic Freedom in African Universities. Journal of Higher Education in Africa. 9(1-2). 1–23. 4 indexed citations
6.
Mama, Amina & Margo Okazawa-Rey. (2008). Militarism, conflict and women's activism. 147. 6 indexed citations
7.
Mama, Amina. (2008). Cuestionando la teoría: género, poder e identidad en el contexto africano. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 223–244.
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Mama, Amina. (2006). Pursuing gender equality in the African University. International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi- Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. 1(1). 53–79. 10 indexed citations
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Mama, Amina, et al.. (2005). The Ghanaian Women's Manifesto Movement. 2 indexed citations
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Mama, Amina, et al.. (2004). Engendering African Social Sciences. Population. 59(1). 191–191. 51 indexed citations
11.
Mama, Amina. (2003). 5 - Restore, Reform but do not Transform: The Gender Politics of Higher Education in Africa. Journal of Higher Education in Africa. 1(1). 101–125. 61 indexed citations
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Diagne, Souleymane Bachir, Henning Melber, Amina Mama, & Francis B. Nyamnjoh. (2001). Identity and beyond : rethinking Africanity. 40 indexed citations
13.
Mama, Amina. (1999). Dissenting daughters? Gender politics and civil society in a militarized State. 1999. 29–36. 5 indexed citations
14.
Geiger, Susan, et al.. (1999). Women and Gender in African Studies. African Studies Review. 42(3). 21–21. 2 indexed citations
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Mama, Amina. (1998). Khaki in the Family: Gender Discourses and Militarism in Nigeria. African Studies Review. 41(2). 1–1. 32 indexed citations
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Rey, Cheryl de la, Amina Mama, & Zine Magubane. (1997). Beyond the Masks. Agenda. 17–17. 18 indexed citations
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Mama, Amina. (1995). Feminism or Femocracy? State Feminism and Democratisation in Nigeria. Africa Development: a Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA. 20(1). 37–58. 47 indexed citations
18.
Mama, Amina, et al.. (1993). The Colour of Love: Mixed Race Relationships. Feminist Review. 102–102. 7 indexed citations
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Mama, Amina. (1993). The Colour of Love: Mixed Race Relationships. Feminist Review. 43(1). 102–106. 3 indexed citations
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Mama, Amina. (1989). Violence against Black Women: Gender, Race and State Responses. Feminist Review. 30–30. 9 indexed citations

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