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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 11 April 2025
1. Various of capoeiristas practising
2. Various setup shots of Salim Rollins, founder of Inuka Cultural Centre, and capoeira trainer
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 10 April 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Salim Rollins, founder of Capoeira Angola Centre in Kibera:
"The roots of capoeira come from Angola and Congo, and it was established by the enslaved Africans who were brought from that region, central west Africa to Brazil. It was a form of resistance, of using martial forms that are from Africa as a form of resistance to the institution of slavery and the oppression that these different ethnic groups experienced."
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 11 April 2025
4. Various of capoeiristas practising
5. Various of capoeiristas playing instruments
6. Various of capoeirista Nasib Babu practising capoeira
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 10 April 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nasri Babu, capoeirista:
"From the community I come from, there’s a lot going on, and capoeira has always played a big part, like a therapy thing, it has always been like a therapy to me."
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 11 April 2025
8. Various of capoeiristas playing instruments
9. Various of capoeiristas practising
10. Tilt down of Rollins playing instrument
11. Various of capoeiristas playing instruments
12. Mid of Beckham Otieno, capoeirista, playing instrument
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 10 April 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Beckham Otieno, capoeirista:
"It has also helped me with self awareness, self discipline, and it has also helped with self defence. When somebody attacks me, I know how to use the capoeira moves. And I cannot be damaged because capoeira helped me with those skills, and I apply them in the streets."
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 11 April 2025
14. Various of capoeiristas practising
15. Various of capoeiristas
16. Various of Rollins and Babu practising capoeira
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Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya – 10 April 2025
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Salim Rollins, founder of Capoeira Angola Centre in Kibera:
"There’s also a ritual element that’s really important within capoeira. You see we practice in a circle, and you see there’s call-and-response songs. So, that’s the idea of creating an energy within that circle and also sort of feeding and contributing to the two practitioners, we say capoeiristas, or in our style, angoleiros, who are practicing in the roda. We call the circle a roda, which just means wheel or circle in Portuguese."
18. Various of capoeiristas practising in room
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
Capoeira, a martial art once outlawed by Brazilian authorities, is taking root in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums.
Participants say the practice helps with self defence as well as the stresses of life.
STORYLINE:
The beat of the atabaque drum echoes through the streets of Kibera.
It’s accompanied by the twang of the berimbau and is the soundtrack to this rhythmic dance display.
Here in one of Africa’s largest slums, on the outskirts of Kenyan capital Nairobi, capoeira is taking root.
The Afro-Brazilian martial art that blends elements of dance, music, acrobatics and combat.
Inside the circle, two bodies sway, dodge and leap with power and grace.
The mestre leads with songs, others echo in vibrant chants and melodies.
Rollins, popularly known by his students as Mestre Salim, founded Capoeira Angola Centre in this area of Nairobi where he trains local children and adults.
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