Great read: "Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art"

Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art The book "Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art" by Matthias Rohrig Assuncao explores capoeira as a field of confrontation where different struggles that divide Brazilian society are played out.

It contains a first English language scholarly account of capoeira’s early history and development to the present day.

Matthias Röhrig Assunção is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and the Centre for LatinAmerican Studies, University of Essex, England. His previous publications deal with slavery in Maranhão(Northern Brazil), popular culture and the political history of the Brazilian Empire.

Available on Amazon.

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