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 Sousa arrived in England in January 2003 and through a partnership with Manchester College of Arts and Technology he started teaching Music, Capoeira Angola and working as a lecturer and social worker in local communities, Manchester University and for Manchester city council.
In September 2005 he started working at Leeds University as part of the Leeds University Union, for which he also has given lectures in Afro-Brazilian culture.
William Sousa has run seminars and a 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 Leo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Mestre Carlao ( Rio,Brazil ), Mestre Boca do Rio (Salvador, Brazil) and Contra Mestre Rene (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
In 2006 he founded The Associacao Cultural de Capoeira Angola -BHZ (ACCA-BHZ).
And in 2010 he officially set up the ACCA-BHZ in his home town of Belo Horizonte - Brazil, which is now the head quarters of the Associacao Cultural de Capoeira Angola Belo Horizonte, Which and a part of the Capoeira classes. He also coordinates the BHZ CONNECTION (language project ).
On February 2011 William was elected for the City Council for the Promotion of Racial Equality in Belo Horizonte -Brazil...Click here for link
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