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…
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…