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…
The imprisonment of capoeiras on Ilha Grande
By Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos and Gabriel da Silva Vidal Cid. Background The history of the Dois Rios Correctional Colony, established in 1894 on the…
The Penha Roda
In the 1970s, the Penha roda—which originally took place only during the month of the Penha festival (October–November)—established itself as one of Rio de Janeiro’s…
Classic sources of capoeira history: Plácido de Abreu, 1886
The Portuguese writer and poet Plácido de Abreu published the novel Os capoeiras in 1886. Its introduction entitled “Two Words” represents a fundamental reference for…