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With the evolution of societies, the importation of monotheistic religions, particularly Islam, and colonization, power shifted to men. Today, this matriarchal system still exists to some extent in certain societies, such as among the Tuareg and the Bamileke of western Cameroon. There, rulers are still descended from the maternal line, through matrilineal descent.

— Ndeye Fatou Kane

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