Capoeira is a tool for peace in the DRC — blogs.unicef.org

I discovered capoeira in Kinshasa in 2006 during a very short but intense one-week introductory course and this is where my desire to progress in this art began. The following year the batizado was held – the naming ceremony where we were given our capoeirista names. Yannick de Wouters, coordinator of my capoeira group in Kinshasa became Balafon, and I – Ninja. We then founded the Abada Capoeira-Congo society to bring capoeira, free of charge, to young Congolese, especially children living on the streets. It is what led us to getting involved in the Capoeira for Peace.

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