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Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 9: Contra-Mestra Cristina
Like with Mestra Suelly, I unfortunately wasn’t able to find very much biographical information on Contra-Mestra Cristina (unlike a lot of mestres or some regional mestras, angola mestras don… more →
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Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 9: Contra-Mestra Cristina
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Like with Mestra Suelly, I unfortunately wasn’t able to find very much biographical informatio … more →
Videos: Mestra Paulinha
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: A while ago I wrote about Mestra Paulinha, co-founder and sociologist of Grupo Nzinga, but somehow l … more →
Video: Mestra Jararaca
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Here is a short clip of Mestra Jararaca playing, in an old video from 1997. Thanks again to Shayna … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 8: Mestra Jararaca
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Mestra Jararaca, of Grupo Irmãos Gêmeos, was the first mestra to come out of the Bahia capoeira ango … more →
Videos: Contra-Mestra Susy (Grupo Vadiacão, Capoeira Angola)
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: There were too many to choose from! I’ll put two up here, and they’re a little lengthy, … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 7: Contra-Mestra Susy
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: I’m starting to see an interesting pattern emerge from researching all these female mestres an … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 6: Mestra Paulinha
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Something interesting I noticed while researching Mestra Paulinha and Mestra Janja is that it was a … more →
Can Capoeira Change the World? Part 2
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: It has been all along, right under our noses—just not our regional ones! From FICA Archives: … more →
Video: Grupo Nzinga and Mestra Janja
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Following yesterday’s post, this is a great video from Grupo Nzinga, and for me it was a fasci … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 5: Mestra Janja
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: I almost made a huge oversight in this series–so far all of the mestras or contra-mestras feat … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 4: Contra-Mestra Marisa Cordeiro
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: I can’t believe I almost forgot about Contra-Mestra (or Mestranda) Marisa Cordeiro, considerin … more →
Documentary Trailer: Cigarra Capoeirista
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: To follow up on her biography, this is an awesome video I found while looking for more information o … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 3: Mestranda Marcia "Cigarra"
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: I got a little worried at one point trying to ascertain whether it was Mestra Edna Lima or Mestranda … more →
Videos: Mestras Edna and Suelly in Action
Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: It dawned on me that my previous posts on Mestras Edna and Suelly were kind of like trying to teach … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 2: Mestra Suelly
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Unfortunately, there is way less information out there that I could find on Mestra Suelly than there … more →
Why Write about Female Mestres? The Feminist Catch-22
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Catch-22 (noun): a no-win situation If you read the “Update” section on Mestra Edna … more →
Ie viva meu Mestra, Part 1: Mestra Edna Lima
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: The more I read about this woman, the more I can’t believe I’ve never heard of her befor … more →
Ie Viva Meu Mestra, Camara
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Joaninha wrote 1 year ago: Remember that pop quiz in this blog’s introduction post? Never be caught unwares again, after … more →
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