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…
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…