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 women is naturalised. Blaming women for the violence of others…
Madame, the Satan of Lapa District
By Geisa Rodrigues. Madame Satan, in the Correio da Manhã, 1972. Source: National Archive. In the blink of an eye his hands turned to feet…
Tourinho of Tavares Bastos: birth of a capoeirista
By Katya Wesolowski (Camarão). Manda saltar aí, capoeirista!” Obligingly, Tourinho launched his short, muscular body forward on the steep, cobblestoned slope of Pedro América. A…