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…
Capoeira politics in Teresina, Piauí: lineages, federations and political parties
By Celso de Brito. Encounters and mismatches Capoeira from Teresina emerged in the 1970s and consolidated itself in the following decade with a series of…
The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum
The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum, created in 1968, is heir to the movement institutionalized as the “Campaign for the Defense of Brazilian Folklore”. By Matthias…
“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…
The awarding of honorary doctorate degrees to capoeira masters – reasons and significance
By Coletivo CapoeiraGens The awarding of honorary doctorates is a long-standing tradition at universities around the world. What is new is to grant it to…
Thoughts on Capoeira in Present Time
By Luiz Renato Vieira. Class at the Capoeira project, University of Brasilia (UnB) Since the beginning of the 20th century, historians have discussed whether the…
An Old Attack on UK capoeira
Sara Delamont, Cardiff University The UK has a ‘free’ Radio and TV service provided by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which carries no advertisements. It…
Capoeira, the transnational dialogue of bodies in motion
By Daniel Granada. Once the African-Brazilian martial art called capoeira was distant. Now it’s right next door. North American women and men play this blend…
Where did we go, huh!
By Julio Cesar de Tavares. Who would have been able to imagine, a century ago, that today, capoeira would be out and about in the…