Education in the Liberated Zones: Impacts and Consistencies for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau between 1965 and 1973

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to illustrate how education within the liberated zones during the struggle for the independence of Guinea-Bissau—an educational system devised within a short timeframe—enabled the literacy of a larger segment of the population than the colonial education system, which had persisted selectively for decades, entrenching poverty, illiteracy, and class division, as well as the impoverishment of the nation and the exploitation of labor. A bibliographic research methodology was employed for the conduct of this study. As a work within the educational field, the bibliographic survey constitutes a fundamental factor regarding theoretical and conceptual grounding, enabling the comprehension of the research phenomenon. It is concluded that education in the liberated zones empowered the population to gain consciousness and join the armed struggle that culminated in the country's independence.

Keywords: Education, Liberated Zones, Independence, Guinea-Bissau.