THE CAPOEIRA DEFINITIONS used in chapter openings are taken from Cécile Bennegent, Capoeira: ou l’art de lutter en dansant (Budo Éditions, 2006) and Nestor Capoeira, Le petit manuel de capoeira (Budo Éditions, 2003). The title Black Dance, originally that of a work by Swiss painter Guy Oberson, was borrowed with the artist’s kind permission.