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Mathematics textbooks for Mozambique (1971, 1972)

Shown here are excerpts from the Portuguese-language translations of mathematics textbooks for grades 1 and 2 in Mozambique, which were produced in the early 1970s in collaboration between the Mozambican freedom movement Mozambican Liberation Front (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, German: Mosambikanische Befreiungsfront, FRELIMO) and GDR mathematics teacher Joachim Kindler. These were also adopted by freedom movements in Angola and Guinea-Bissau.

Cover of a Portuguese-language math textbook for the 2nd grade, FRELIMO (1972)
Cover detail of a Portuguese-language math textbook for the 2nd grade, FRELIMO (1972)
Cover detail of a Portuguese-language math textbook for the 2nd grade, FRELIMO (1972)
Cover of a Portuguese-language math book for the 1st grade, FRELIMO (1971)
Detailed view of a Portuguese-language math textbook for the 1st grade, FRELIMO (1971), p.6
Detailed view of a Portuguese-language math textbook for the 1st grade, FRELIMO (1971), p. 56 Source
Detailed view of a Portuguese-language math textbook for 1st grade, FRELIMO (1971), p. 16
Literature

  • Kindler, J. (1971): Matematica para a 1a classe da Escola Primaria. DDR, Mosambik: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO).

  • Kindler, J. (1972): Matematica para a 2a classe da Escola Primaria. DDR, Mosambik: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO).

  • Vaz Borges, S. (2023): Teaching Math as a Narrative of Solidarity. GDR Educational Cooperation and Unforeseen Collaborations in the FRELIMO Mozambican Math Textbooks (1971–1975). In: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, Beiheft 69, S. 145–162.