West African-Inspired Beer Hits D.C. This Summer From Sankofa Beer Company

Rolha

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“Carsky, an avid capoeira practitioner, traveled to Porto Seguro, Brazil in 2015 for the 7th World Encounter of Capoeira Sul Da Bahia and plans to go back this summer. “I witnessed people from all around the world who came to absorb capoeira where it originated,” he says. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that incorporates dance. “The African influence in Porto Seguro is rich, and observable in the food, artwork, people.”

While he was in Brazil, Carsky couldn’t find an African-inspired beer. “This absence seems somewhat common in the Western Hemisphere.””

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