Sónia Vaz Borges

Sónia Vaz Borges, is an assistant professor in History and Africana Studies. She describes herself as a militant interdisciplinary historian and long-time social and political organizer.

Born and raised in Portugal, she is the daughter of Cape Verdean immigrants to Portugal during the colonial occupation. Vaz Borges has a passion for interdisciplinary history, with a great focus on the silenced histories of people, and people’s actions and roles during historic moments of socio-political change.

The liberation struggles and social movements around the world and the international solidarity, in relation to the fields of education and memories are some of her research interests.

Her militant interdisciplinarity is made through an anti-colonial, decolonial and militant research and writing. Her most recent book Militant Education, liberation struggle and consciousness. The PAIGC education in Guinea Bissau 1963-1978, was published in 2019.
The interdisciplinarity of her research practice can be found in various exhibitions and in film production.

Together with a collective of militant filmmakers, Vaz Borges co-authored two short pieces. They are “Navigating the Pilot School” (2016) and “Skola di Tarafe / Mangrove School” (2022). 

Currently, Vaz Borges, is working on a research book proposal, grounded on her concept of the Walking Archives.