The thought of Amílcar Cabral and Education: (re)discovering ideas, concepts and practices

LusoGlobe Research in Charge

Arlinda Cabral

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Abstract

For Amílcar Cabral (1924-1973), education is the “first weapon” for freedom and the development of the potential and capacities of children, young people and adults, in order to realise dignified, fair and emancipatory life projects. Similarly, education is an essential factor in the process of development and social transformation of the material living conditions of African societies, as a result of its impact on the economic, political, historical, cultural, ethno-linguistic and identity dimensions. In the academic and scientific communities of Portuguese-speaking African countries, there is a growing interest in the thought of Amílcar Cabral and his influence in the various fields of the social and human sciences that focus on the study of the various dimensions that influence the organisation, structuring and functioning of contemporary African societies. Likewise, in the global context, Amílcar Cabral is a recognised thinker and intellectual in academic institutions in different countries and continents. At this time of deepening knowledge about Amílcar Cabral’s thought, the aim is to contribute to the (re)discovery of Amílcar Cabral’s thought in the field of education research, through an interdisciplinary approach between the Sociology of Education and the Education Sciences, in dialogue with the History of Education.

Researchers

Arlinda Cabral – LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges, Universidade Lusófona Teresa Teixeira Lopo – OP.Edu-CeiED – Observatório das Políticas de Educação e Formação, Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares em Educação e Desenvolvimento, Universidade Lusófona

Associated Missions

Maria Neves Gonçalves – Escola Superior de Educação da Lusofonia, Instituto Politécnico da Lusofonia (ESEL/IPLUSO) Consultants Ângela Benoliel Coutinho – Portuguese Institute of International Relations, New University of Lisbon (IPRI-NOVA), and Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century, University of Coimbra (CEIS20). Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, CODESRIA (Dakar) and the Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, based in Washington. Julião Soares Sousa – Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century, University of Coimbra (CEIS20). Institute of Contemporary History of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon (IHC/UNL). National Institute of Studies and Research (Guinea-Bissau). University of Cape Verde and Lusophone University of Guinea-Bissau.

Outputs

To contribute to greater knowledge about the presence of Amílcar Cabral’s thought, and his influence, in the research that has been carried out in the field of education and development theories based on human capital, through the (re)discovery and (re)contextualisation of ideas, concepts and practices, which can be reflected in Lusophone and global education policies, through: 2023: Done: Round table “The thought of Amílcar Cabral and education”, on the occasion of 25 May – Africa Day, Universidade Lusófona, 25 de maio de 2023 Done: Cabral, Arlinda, & Lopo, Teresa Teixeira. “The thought of Amílcar Cabral and Education: from the theoretical assumptions of the democracy building to its (re)discovery in the contemporary epistemic field(s)”. Paper presented at the XV Luso-Afro-Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences (CONLAB): Reinventing Democracy in a World of Insecurity: Challenges for the Social Sciences and Humanities, Praia, Universidade de Cabo Verde, 27th September 2023. 2024: Collecting information and creating a database on scientific production on the thought of Amílcar Cabral and education (ongoing) Organising the Second-Round table “The thought of Amílcar Cabral and education”, on the occasion of 25 May – Africa Day | Universidade Lusófona, 25 de maio de 2024 (ongoing) Publication of a scientific article in a peer-reviewed, indexed journal (ongoing) Organisation of a scientific event on “The thought of Amílcar Cabral and education”, on the occasion of Amílcar Cabral’s centenary (September 2024), with the publication of a book of proceedings (ongoing)

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