Capoeira, an original Afro-Brazilian discipline, is not so easily
defined due to its numerous facets, as a deadly martial art, an
exotic dancing discipline, inspired by an ancient far-away culture.
Nearly four hundred years of slave trade brought to Brazil an
envyingly cultural heritage, composed of a continuous influx of
different ethnic groups, which, concomitant with the different
native, African and European regional expressions and its rich
constant geopolitical changes, has produced a singular, colourful
and vibrant multicultural and multi-ethnic society engaged in their
new Brazilian identity. From the XVIII to the XIX century, the
harsh conditions with which black slaves were treated led to
increasing numbers of slave revolts in the Americas, where escaped
slaves forming independent Maroon communities in French, Hispanic,
British and the Netherlands Antilles, and the Quilombola
communities in Brazil, organized fighting guerrilla wars against
the plantation masters and owners, giving rise to campaigns against
slavery in Europe and the abolition of slavery in the Americas.
Capoeira became the result of Brazils own diasporic experience, a
branch of a large tree which grew into a unique and complex social
art that cannot be dissociated from its historical and
anthropological perspectives. This book is written by expert
Brazilian capoeira Mestre Ricardo Cachorro, unveils the Age of
Exploration and the resulted Atlantic slave trade, unfolding
African slavery in Europe as early as in the 15th century, much
before black slaves were taken to the New World. The enchanting
saga of the Akindele family from the beautiful Yoruba kingdom of
Adagun L}wa will take you deeply into pre-colonial Africa and to
the lands of newly explored Bahia de Todos os Santos in 1531, where
the almost sacred history of capoeira began. From the new findings
in Africa to the discoveries in Brazil, this captivating book
navigates through the Feitorias and Capitanias the sugarcane mills
of the 17th century the real and virtually unknown cradle of
capoeira. It brings to surface beautiful historic and cultural
aspects of the colonial periods with its arts, music and religion,
the African melting pot which was formed from the blend of ancient
African cultures and the new Afro-Brazilian rural and urban
settings and, finally, the old and the modern founders of capoeira.
This is a delicious treat for all Capoeira's lovers, practitioners,
and instructors who want to know more about this original
Afro-Brazilian discipline, as well as students of history,
anthropology, art, music, theatre, and related fields all the way
from the academic researcher to the curious history & culture
lover.
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