Students of Mestre Roque
“Students of Mestre Roque” is the most recent documentary produced for Capoeirahistory. By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Roque was among the first Bahian capoeiras to…
Augustus Earle’s Negroes fighting, Brazils
Augustus Earle’s Negroes fighting, Brazils By Sarah Thomas. Excerpt adapted from chapter 6, from the book Witnessing Slavery: Art and Travel in the Age of…
From the Ring to the Stage – A movie about Master Artur Emídio
Master Artur Emídio took capoeira to the ring. He also ventured onto stage and screen, in addition to promoting capoeira in national newspapers and magazines.…
Frede Abreu
By Maria Luísa Pimenta Neves. Frederico José de Abreu (1946-2013), known in capoeira circles as Frede Abreu, was a native of Bahia who discovered and…
The Adventures of a Capoeira in the Magical Realm of Cordel Literature
By Lobisomem (Victor Alvim Itahim Garcia). Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, I only had contact with cordel literature, whose birthplace is the Northeast…
Mestre Cosmo and his legacy to Piracicaba capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Contemporary capoeira in Piracicaba has as its main representative Claudival da Costa, the late Mestre Cosmo, graduated capoeira master…
“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 of August 2022. His legacy and the memory of his…
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 and write. It was thus possible for him to leave…
The Lavradio Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Célio during the interview for the project, in January 2020. Master Célio Gomes began capoeira around 1980 with mestre Poeira…
Prata Preta: an exiled capoeira
By KK Bonates – Luiz Carlos de Matos Bonates On 10 November 1904, a series of popular protests took place on the streets of Rio…