MIRRORS POSTCOLONIAL, COLONIAL IMAGES: DISCOURSES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS PRODUCED ANGOLAN AFTER INDEPENDENCE (1979-2000)

The article is intended to analyze part of the discourses and elaborate representations of the Portuguese in history textbooks produced and used in Angola during the period following the political independence of the country in 1975. The text presented, the result of a larger investigation, is referenced on the theoretical frameworks related to African Studies, Cultural Studies and the Postcolonial, to identify the form as part of the Angolan didactic production approved, promoted and disseminated the understanding of national identity and colonial and post-colonial relations with the Portuguese. From the listed assumptions selected for an initial reflection two books produced between 1979 and 2000 for the fourth grade of schooling.