Malafemmina is Gianna Nannini's eighth studio album, and tenth album overall.

The album's lead single "Hey bionda" was released in July 1988.

[1] The single, described as "an anti-war tarantella dance song", became the opening theme song of the 1988 Festivalbar.

[1] A Malafemmina Tour to promote the album, consisting of 48 dates across 10 countries, was held between October and December 1988.

[1] Produced by Nannini and Alan Moulder, Malafemmina is a concept album which in each song explores of a different facet of the female universe, and has been described as "an attempt to make a Mediterranean rock in which Maghrebi rhythms are fused, often happily, with the Anglo-American-derived harmonic archetype.