Sónia Vaz Borges
An image from Mangrove School, one of the productions that also features Sónia Vaz Borges.
Sónia Vaz Borges

Sónia Vaz Borges

Portugal

Sónia Vaz Borges is an interdisciplinary militant historian and social-political organizer. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Humboldt University of Berlin. She is the author of the book “Militant Education, Liberation Struggle; Consciousness: The PAIGC education in Guinea Bissau 1963-1978,” (Peter Lang, 2019). She is currently a researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin. As part of her academic work, Vaz Borges is developing a book proposal focused on her concept of the ‘walking archive’ and the process of memory and imaginaries. Her last film MANGROVE SCHOOL (2022), co-directed with Filipa César, was selected at Cinéma du Réel.

Mangrove School

Mangrove School

2022

Navigating the Pilot School

2016