Freire akanyoresa muchikoro chemutemo paYunivhesiti yeRecife muna 1943. Akadzidzawo uzivi, kunyanya phenomenology, uye psychology yemutauro. Kunyangwe akabvumidzwa kubhawa repamutemo, haana kumboita mutemo uye pachinzvimbo akashanda semudzidzisi wechikoro chechipiri chiPutukezi. Muna 1944, akaroora Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira, mudzidzisi mumwe. Vaviri vakashanda pamwe chete uye vakava nevana vashanu. Mubvunzo: Basa remukadzi wake raive rei?
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