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Education for Black Liberation
Author(s) -
Krystal Strong,
R. Nanre Nafziger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current issues in comparative education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1523-1615
DOI - 10.52214/cice.v23i2.8572
Subject(s) - praxis , popular education , sociology , solidarity , politics , social movement , gender studies , liberation movement , liberation theology , political science , pedagogy , law
Popular education has played a central role in Pan-African liberation struggles historically and in the present moment. In the period following African independence, social movements that emerged around and through education in Africa were informed by and in dialogue with related decolonial movements of the Global South. However, the specific contributions of Pan-Africanist revolutionaries to the broader philosophy and praxis of education for liberation is often under-appreciated. This paper explores this impact through Paulo Freire’s political and intellectual engagement with Pan-Africanist popular education movements, radical intellectuals, and broader revolutionary struggles. In considering Freire’s work in dialogue and practice with African revolutionary thinkers, this paper shows that, while Freire shaped elements of liberation education in Africa, he was also deeply shaped and influenced by the historical conditions of the time and key African revolutionaries who were struggling towards similar objectives. Additionally, we explore the continued salience of Freirean educational praxis in contemporary Pan-Africanist social movements, through the example of a present day online pedagogical experiment, the Pan-African Activist Sunday School and Solidarity Collective.

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