** *FEMINISM THE PERFECT* *POISON FOR AFRICA?…* Fighting against the norms, traditions and African man seems the ‘ *civilized* ‘ way of handling life but is it really? Most of *blue stocking women* of Africa if not all sees the traditions of the continent as a *hostage camp* of their *freedom* and *civility* . Feminist cloth feminism and replace it with ‘ *women* *empowerment* ‘ it will sound appealing to the ear. ‘Why is it that there are few cases of divorce and separation in pastoralist communities?’ This quiz was posed to women in the urban centers or rather a ‘ *civilized* ‘ woman. Their response was that the pastoralist women are not civilized and not empowered but their counterparts from these communities had a different answers that marriage is a life time commitment. There is no *women* *empowerment* in Africa but rather feminism which fight men in the society this development has weakened the African families which has led to baseless divorce, single parenting and gender based violence. NB;This article does not promote violence on women. ( *Abraham Rop; B.Ed Arts/* *English literature* )*