Pedro Abib (Pedrão de João Pequeno) is a professor at the Federal University of Bahia, musician, and capoeirista, trained by master João Pequeno de Pastinha. He has published the books Capoeira Angola, Cultura Popular e o Jogo dos Saberes na Roda (2005) and Mestres e Capoeiras Famosos da Bahia (2009). He made the documentaries O Velho Capoeirista (The Old Capoeirista) (1999) and Memórias do Recôncavo: Besouro e outros Capoeiras (Memories of the Recôncavo: Besouro and other Capoeiras) (2008).

It was Pedro Rodolfo Jungers Abib, or Mestre Pedro Abib, a professor at UFBA since 1993 and a student of Mestre João Pequeno since 1995,
who submitted the request for the recognition of Mestre João Pequeno as a doctor at that university.