Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha is a master of capoeira Angola, graduated by Mestre Moraes (1986). He graduated in Physical Education from the Catholic University of Salvador (1993) and holds a PhD from the multidisciplinary Postgrad programme of Knowledge Dissemination at the Federal University of Bahia (DMMDC/UFBA, 2019), with the thesis Gingando on the Kalunga line: Capoeira Angola, Engolo and building of ancestrality.
Master Cobra Mansa, or Cobrinha, as he is also called, is a researcher in African martial arts and musical bows, Bantu culture, Bakongo cosmology, identity and ancestry. In addition to his experience in capoeira Angola, he works in the areas of agroecology, permaculture, bioconstruction, agroforestry and community organization. He currently promotes Permangola, an event that combines his interests in permaculture and capoeira.
