Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: ABEL CALOMBO QUIJILA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : ABEL CALOMBO QUIJILA
DATE: 29/10/2025
TIME: 09:30
LOCAL: meet.google.com/xbf-biif-xen
TITLE:

RETHINKING THE PLACE OF KIMPA VITA'S STORY IN ANGOLAN SECONDARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS: IMPACT ON ANGOLAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND SOCIETY.

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: Kimpa Vita; Education; High School History Textbooks; Society; Angola.

PAGES: 70
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

ABSTRACT

This research project, part of the PhD program in Education, Contemporary Contexts, and Popular Demands at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, aims to discuss the absence of Kimpa Vita’s history in high school textbooks in Angola. The study seeks to contribute to the dissemination of this important historical figure's legacy within academia and Angolan historiography, promoting access to silenced narratives about a woman who had a profound impact on 18th-century Central Africa. Kimpa Vita, of noble Bakongo origin, was a political and religious leader who founded the Antonian movement. She bravely challenged Roman Catholicism by reinterpreting it through Bakongo spirituality and also confronted the transatlantic slave trade within the context of the Kingdom of Kongo. Her prophetic preaching aimed to restore peace and political stability in a kingdom plagued by internal conflict since the late 17th century. For her emancipatory and spiritual efforts, she was burned at the stake in 1706, between the ages of 20 and 24, leaving behind a heroic and enduring legacy. The research also denounces the systematic erasure of Kimpa Vita and other historical figures from Angolan school curricula, a result of political, ethnic, and regional disputes. Currently, only the northern provinces, predominantly Bakongo, actively preserve her memory in schools. This study calls for an urgent revision of Angola’s educational policies to include the narratives of overlooked heroes and heroines, promoting a more inclusive, representative, and historically truthful education.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ***.198.618-** - ROSANGELA MALACHIAS - UERJ
Interna - 1230788 - ADILBENIA FREIRE MACHADO
Externo à Instituição - SEGONE NDANGALILA COSSA - UNILAB
Externo à Instituição - NIELSON ROSA BEZERRA - UERJ