Scientific research in Angola: challenges and strategies for national autonomy

Abstract

This study presents a contribution on the theme between higher education and scientific research in Angola, collaborating, in general, to map an area little explored in studies of higher education in that country. Reference is made to the challenges and strategies facing the scientific policies that Angola has implemented in recent years, with results that are still very tenuous. Therefore, through a qualitative research of documentary analysis, the cosmovision of the problematic of doing science in this African country, whose independence, conquered less than fifty years ago, can partly justify the still incipient character of its academic structure. It can be seen, however, that the Angolan State has sought to remedy some of its main obstacles through measures such as the expansion of educational institutions in the interior of the country and the creation of international exchange programs. Despite, however, recent measures to encourage scientific production in Angola, it is concluded that this process is still in an embryonic state, not only due to the inadequacy of the measures established so far, but also due to the colonial legacy and the civil war, still very present in the angolan reality.