Paulo Freire
1921 – 1997 · Brazil · Philosophy, Education
Pedagogy of the Oppressed rewrote literacy teaching for the global south.
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Who shaped Paulo Freire, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- John Dewey
1859 – 1952 · Philosophy, Education
Pedagogy of the Oppressed extends Dewey's democratic learning into liberation practice.
Passed the work to2
- Kailash Satyarthi
1954 · Peace
Education as liberation is the argument behind the Bachpan Bachao schooling model.
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 – 2025 · Literature
Freirean conscientisation shapes Ngũgĩ's community theatre and language politics.
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