There are women in the roda: Female empowerment in capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Introduction We live in a country where violence against…
Muzenza Group
By Geisimara Matos & Matthias Röhrig Assunção. “Netos da Muzenza” because his students were, in…
Capoeira on the radio: André Lacé at Roquette Pinto
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The first radio broadcast in Brazil was aired in 1923 by…
The Senzala Group and the capoeira safeguard
By Mestre Gato (Fernando Campelo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque). The Capoeira Circle and the Capoeira Masters…
Master Leopoldina – part 3
By Nestor Capoeira. The disciple I met Leopoldina in 1965, at the age of 18.…
Where did we go, huh!
By Julio Cesar de Tavares. Who would have been able to imagine, a century ago,…
Madame Satan
Madame Satã is a singular character in the capoeira universe of Rio de Janeiro. He…
Master Leopoldina – part 2
By Nestor Capoeira. Master Quinzinho (approx.1925-1950) was a dreaded and well-known young outcast in his…
Master Leopoldina – Part 1
By Nestor Capoeira. Mestre Leopoldina, joyous on a parade day at the Rio de Janeiro…
Madame, the Satan of Lapa District
By Geisa Rodrigues. Madame Satan, in the Correio da Manhã, 1972. Source: National Archive. In…