Diaspora Without Displacement: The Coloniality and Promise of Capoeira in Senegal

Capoeira—a game of combat primarily developed by enslaved West Central Africans—has become an icon of both Brazilian national culture and pride in the country’s diasporic African heritage. Yet the sport remains less accessible in Africa itself, overshadowed in large part by participants in the Global North. In Diaspora Without Displacement, Celina de Sá tells the story of capoeira as it "returns" to the African continent through the creative initiatives of young urban professionals in Seneg...