Is Capoeira A Martial Art Disguised As A Dance? Not So Much, No
#69.\xa0 Varal does his best to convince the other three -- and the world -- that capoeira has been mis-marketed.\xa0
A few resources:
The Brazil Reader, ed. Levine and Crocitti
Capoeira and Candomble, Conformity and Resistance In Brazil, by Floyd Merrell
Inhuman Bondage, The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World