“Em Moçambique… Epa, porra! Os Filhos dos Dirigentes Tinham uma Escola!” – Memórias de três gerações e suas narrativas escolares em África subsariana1

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ID21764869
AuthorsDe Carvalho (0000-0001-5416-8480, Centre for Research in Anthropology, corresponding author), Xénia de Carvalho
Year2020
Issue39
Pages161-185
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Estudos Africanos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1645-3794 • E-ISSN: 2182-7400
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/cea.4997
OpenAlexW3088112349
LanguagePT
Citations received1
References cited25

In this article it is argued that school, in a post-colonial context, is a space that (re)produces social inequalities. School is an institution that reproduces culture, a place of power in which reality is socially constructed by an elite that has been growing since colonial times until nowadays. School, in post-colonial settings, follows a Western European model and system of education. Looking at the last four decades of education in Mozambique, framed in three specific ideological and political periods, using ethnography and collection of life histories over three generations, this article aims to contribute for an understanding of learning in school as an institution, and how it contributes for the emancipation of social actors

Ethnography · Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Education Pedagogy and Practices · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Indigenous Studies in Latin America · Philosophy

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