found: Abreu, F.J. de. Bimba é bamba, 1999:introd. (Bimba, Mestre Bimba; Brazilian capoeira dancer) p. 5 (Mestre Bimba) p. 23 (Mestre Bimba)
found: 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)
found: 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)
found: Bimba, um século da capoeira regional, 2019: