Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game
by
Nestor Capoeira
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Capoeira is simultaneously a dance, a fight, and a game. Created by the Africans brought to Brazil as slaves beginning in 1500, capoeira was forbidden by law but survived underground. When open practice was allowed in the 1930s it soon became very popular. Capoeira came to America around 1975, and...