I will like to start my discuss by saying every aspect in life is to a large extent subject to culture . Hence, opinions may vary but with limited difference.
What is Patriarchy? I believe we are all a fruit of a father and a mother. In the home, the male is the head meant to protect and feed his family. With the forgoing, it is clear to conclude that Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property
Kindly note, in African culture, at least using the three major tribes in Nigeria as a case study. Patriarchy is more pronounced hence the female has to appeal to the male to share in his duties. That is why you see women advocacy groups telling the government to include women in leadership. Women can not get to this post unless influenced by the male.
These social privileges is given to the female gender out of love and not because she can subdue the male or compete with him in the true sense of manipulation.
As Africans our reality may not jump off the cayak of patriarchy anytime soon because our society will drown. In as much new babies are being born into a family with a mother and a father, it will be hard to convince them of feminine dominance and power.
Historically, patriarchy has manifested itself in the social, legal, political, religious, and economic organization of a range of different cultures.

God made man the head and that settles i

VillageHead:
God made man the head and that settles i

I don't think God just sat down one day and said, "hey! Man, be the head". Being the head often times starts from the subconscious.

I also wonder what 'Matriarch' means.

GrabHisBalls:
I also wonder what 'Matriarch' means.

funny
Matriarch is a female