Some dance crazes last barely longer than the time it takes to flip to another radio station. Others prompt Mexican waves of booty–shaking across borders. Ghana's azonto, in which the dancers mime ...

Dance is a universal language. Some folks however would like to claim ownership of this language based on their skill of it. Different types of dance moves have evolved over the years ranging from ...

The latest addition to the Ghanaian dance form is Azonto. It is gradually gaining international popularity. The dance involves knee-bending, throwing of hands in all directions and rigorous hip ...

Our hearts will not beat with the tensions of the impending elections but with the pulsating rhythms of azonto. Whether you believe it or not, azonto is a new definition of Ghana’s nucleus; a perfect ...

Azonto is an essential part of Accra's bustling fishing communities. In Jamestown, music blaring from speakers prompts children and adults to break into step guardian.co.uk Some dance crazes last ...

Before President Goodluck Jonathan visited Kano at the hour hoodlums whisked away 276 girls, I had not heard of Azonto, a popular dance rooted in African rhythm and domesticated by local maestros. It ...

The dances are often very simple at the base level, with freestyle options that have the potential to catapult a song (and a dancer) to new heights. With endless ways to showcase individuality, there ...

Azonto is an essential part of Accra's bustling fishing communities. In Jamestown, music blaring from speakers prompts children and adults to break into step. A group of boys playing football in a ...

US-based Ghanaian musician and manager of DWP Dance Academy’s US wing, Kweku William, has bemoaned the lack of support for the Azonto genre by Ghanaians. According to him, the music genre is a cash ...

The Nigerian Alanta dance rival-the Azonto, has been announced by the BBC as a dance to have gained a world recognition as it has been seen in so many parts of the world. Analysis of the creation of ...

Over the past year a new dance craze has popped onto the Ghanaian music scene and has been making waves across West Africa and beyond. Azonto fever has gripped diaspora communities in the USA and in ...