Brazil’s favela gamers dream big


Children play a video game called ‘League Of Legends’ (LoL) during a game tactics class at the NGO AfroReggae headquarters of the Vigario Geral favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AfroReggae transformed its headquarters into an eSports training center to develop eSports athletes, offering lessons on English, coding, game tactics, physical preparation, psychologists and a salary to the ones that become members of its official teams. — AFP

Coming of age in the Brazilian favela of Vigario Geral, Luiz Augusto Jr used to spend his money playing video games.

Now, he makes a living as a gamer.

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