Azonto a Ghanaian Dance Movement – How are we taking advantage of this

Victus Sedem A. Tay Azonto is an original Ghanaian (see also Kpanlogo) expressive dance and music form. Azonto Dance form incorporates complex co-ordinated body movement and non-verbal communication in a rhythmic fashion in Azonto Dancevery few one-two timed steps. Just like most African dances, knee bending and hip movements are rudiments to dancing it. The dance has effectively evolved from a few rudimentary moves to embrace depictions of washing, driving, boxing, grooming, praying, swimming, and others. Generally, the dance reflects the creativity and rich sense of humour of the Ghanaian people. The dance, which is usually performed with an accompanying smile, evolved from the combination of several local dance moves that originated from the southern-most part of Ghana during tAzonto Tancehe early 2000s. The dance has evolved with the fast pace dance culture of modern West Africa. It is also true that before the dance became famous, youth in senior high schools of Ghana had a similar but different way of doing the dance. A modification of that is what we see today. It involved a similar movement of the feet, hands, and hips and, at the end of every move, a gun shot was mimicked with the hand and, if possible, the mouth. Azonto, when taught effectively can be learned within five minutes, according to experienced Azonto teachers….Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But the Azonta is a Dance that we should convert into a movement, so we use that to market our country. So it becomes like the Samba of Brazil. I pray Brand Ghana is listening

Victus Sedem A. Tay The origin of the dance is speculated to be Bukom, Chorkor, and James Town. The name is however derived from a popular dance in senior high schools in Ghana, though the high school version was a bit different it incorporated rigorous hip movements. The dance is believed to have spread to other parts of the capital by visitors who went to a popular street bar called Club House, which is frequented by inhabitants of Bukom on weekends. However, the popularity of the Azonto dance, both on local and international platforms, has been propagated by a new wave of entertainment talents emerging from Accra. Azonto became more popular when hiplife artistes like Castro, R2Bees, Gasmilla, Stay Jay, Sarkodie, Scronny Eduwoji, eMCii flames, Edem, EL, V.I.P., 4X4 and others made songs based on the rhythm of the dance

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