Capoeira of San Jose
has a historical summary of Capoeira and the controversies surrounding it. | History | What is Capoeira? |
Capoeira Angola in Stockholm
has a nice historical note about Mestre Pastinha. | Learn about Pastinha |
FindArticles.com
has an article about slavery in Brazil | Brazil's African legacy |
Biography of Zumbi dos Palmares "Drums and Power" by Richard Cullen Rath United Capoeira Association (CapoeiraArts.com) Capoeira, Brazilian's Karate Group Senzala Peterlee Online
(in Portuguese) was written by Fernando Correia Da Silva and is quite thorough.
is an interesting research paper about how Africans and their descendents used music to survive. Read the section about Capoeira and other African Fighting arts brought to the new world, including evidence that a related art existed in the United States. Also has an extensive Biography.
has a thorough Capoeira history by Mestre Acordeon. | History |
is a must read article written for Black Belt Magazine by Mestre Pastinha himself in 1964. A real treasure and some insight into the great Mestre's philosophy.
has a concise history in pdf format (great for printing). | History.pdf | History.html |