Professor William (William Sousa) is a Brazillian native and has devoted more than eighteen years of his life in the study and growth of Capoeira Angola. He started training Capoeira Angola with GCAP in Belo Horizonte as a teenager. In Brazil William worked on joint projects between local organisations and Capoeira Angola for around ten years.

Professor William arrived in England in September 2003 and through a partnership with Manchester College of Arts and Technology he started teaching Capoeira Angola in Manchester. Since 2005 a satellite of the group was set up as part of the Leeds University Union Capoeira Club. In 2006 he officially founded The Associação Cultural de Capoeira Angola (ACCA).

William Sousa has ran seminars and series of workshops in various locations in Europe such as London, Manchester, Leeds, Amsterdam (Holland), Paris (France) and Berlin (Germany).

He has also organised various workshops and seminars inviting famous, well respected Masters such as Mestre Moraes (Salvador, Brazil), Mestre Carlao (London, UK), Mestre Boca do Rio (Salvador, Brazil) and Contra Mestre Rene (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).

Professor William and ACCA are also supporting and assisting the educational project of the 'Group de pais dos educandos do Ciame Flamengo' in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Our aim is to practice a purist form of Capoeira Angola and use Mestre Pastinha as a reference.

Professor William and ACCA students have performed in many events and venues in the United Kingdom such as Liverpool Art Museum, Black History Month (Zion Centre), Mix and Match event (Ydo - Scholes Wigan), WHIZ (Whalley Range inclusion zone), Scout Hut - Knutsford, Clifton Youth Centre - Salford, Brigewater High School - Warrington, Community Centre Hulme, Sport centre (Mosid).