How a theory born in the 1930s could transform African education systems

By Connie Nshemereirwe. You may not have heard of Paulo Freire. That’s not surprising if you don’t work in the field of education theory, since it’s in this space that the Brazilian’s ideas are most famous.
In his seminal work, “Pedagogy of the Oppressed”, Freire calls for the transformation of education to create a more equitable society. The seeds of his philosophy were planted during his childhood after his middle-class family suddenly fell into poverty during the Great Depression of the 1930s. More...