Luz di Angolinha – workshop 1
Instrument-making with Luan














How is it possible to address the impacts of everyday racism and sexism on children? Mestra Di heads a children’s capoeira group, Luz di Angolinha in Olinda, Pernambuco. Pernambuco is in the Northeast of Brazil, one of the areas most affected by inequality, discrimination and violence, which disproportionately impact women and people of Afro-Brazilian or…
“Eu creio que todo mestre e toda mestra é educador, e tem que envolver as crianças, porque a parte delas é a transformação.”
“I believe that every mestre or mestra is an educator, and has to involve children, because that’s where the change takes place.”
Capoeira with Mestra Di In the last post from this project, here are some photos of Mestra Di’s capoeira work with children in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil. This is how it all happens