Game Of Freedom: Mestre Bimba And The Art Capoeira Duncan Tonatiuh Abrams Books For Young Readers Αγγλικά Βιβλία Children's Adults Αctivities &

In This Powerful Vibrant Biography Award-Winning Creator Duncan Tonatiuh Sheds Light On The Legacy Of A Legendary Capoeira Player Mestre Bimba Who Resisted Racial Oppression Through Art And Turned Marginalized Practice Into Global Phenomenona Meia Lua Whooshed Air Strike Was Evaded Followed With An Aú Two Young Men Were Playing Middle Roda Wanted To Play Too Although It Is Debated When Where Capoeira—An Form That Blends Martial Arts Dance Acrobatics Music Spirituality—Originated Exactly One Thing Certain: Early 20Th Century Brazil Only Country World Played Mainly Practiced By People African Descent 1890 Years After Officially Abolished Slavery Game Outlawed Wealthy Lighter-Skinned Society Feared Looked Down Seeing As For Malandros—What Power Called Poor Black Communities They Disdained But 1920S City Salvador Man Would Advocate Those Be Treated Dignity Respect Deserved Tonatiuh’s Lyrical Prose Beloved Illustration Style Inspired Pre-Columbian Codices Tell Story Arguably Greatest Capoeirista All Time Fought Turn Misunderstood Persecuted Afro-Brazilian Activity Celebrated Millions Around 2014 United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (Unesco) Named Intangible Heritage Humanity Distinction Awarded Because Game’s Promotion Social Integration Memory Holds Struggle Against Historical From Author-Illustrator Freedom Stirring Celebration Solidarity Resistance Σελίδες: 48 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1026 Διαστάσεις: 27 9X27 9Cm