“The world is a ginga, take it from there to here” – Mestre Mintirinha Obituary
CapoeiraHistory joins in the tributes paid to Mestre Mintinha, who left us on the 7th…
Classic sources of capoeira history: Plácido de Abreu, 1886
The Portuguese writer and poet Plácido de Abreu published the novel Os capoeiras in 1886.…
Classic sources of capoeira history: The Manuscripts of Mestre Noronha
Unlike many masters of his generation, Daniel Coutinho, better known as Mestre Noronha, could read…
The awarding of honorary doctorate degrees to capoeira masters – reasons and significance
By Coletivo CapoeiraGens The awarding of honorary doctorates is a long-standing tradition at universities around…
Capoeira: The “national art” of São Paulo’s ring
By Filipe Amado. Beginning in 1920, there was a significant change in the way capoeira…
Capoeira in the parades of the blocos de embalo
Por Juliana Pereira & Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The blocos de embalo are carnival associations that…
Benguela and Brazil
By Mariana P. Candido. Histories that problematise colonialism Benguela. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino. The Angolan city…
Capoeira and Politics – Contemporary Capoeira
By Carlos Eugênio Líbano Soares. The party of order and disorder: capoeiras and the political…
Capoeira in the streets of São Paulo in the first decades of the 20th century
By Filipe Amado. Today we know that the history of capoeira is not restricted to…
Festival Galo Já Cantou 2021: Mestre Alexandre Batata wins the prize “History of Capoeira in Rio de Janeiro”
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The award “History of Capoeira in Rio de Janeiro” was a…