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Bimba, 1899-1974

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Personal name headingBimba, 1899-1974
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Variant(s)Bimba, 1900-1974
Machado, Manuel dos Reis, 1899-1974
Machado, Manoel dos Reis, 1899-1974
Mestre Bimba, 1899-1974
Bimba, Mestre, 1899-1974
Associated countryBrazil
Birth date1899-11-23
Death date1974-02-15
Place of birthSalvador (Brazil)
Place of deathGoiânia (Brazil)
Field of activityCapoeira (Dance) Martial arts
Profession or occupationMartial artists Authors
Found inAbreu, F.J. de. Bimba é bamba, 1999: introd. (Bimba, Mestre Bimba; Brazilian capoeira dancer) p. 5 (Mestre Bimba) p. 23 (Mestre Bimba)
Wikipédia, viewed Jan. 19, 2010 (Manuel dos Reis Machado, also known as Mestre Bimba; b. in Salvador, Nov. 23, 1899; d. in Goiânia, Fev. 15, 1974; capoeira dancer)
The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed July 2, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mestre Bimba; Manuel dos Reis Machado; martial arts authority; born 1900 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; he initially called the martial art that he taught "luta regional" (regional fighting), and this style has since come to be known as capoeira regional, an Afro-Brazilian martial art; one of the Capoeira mestres (or masters) who was influential in the legalization of capoeira; capoeira teacher (or master) who opened the first academy that formally taught capoeira; died 1974 in Goiânia, Brazil)
Bimba, um século da capoeira regional, 2019:
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