Azonto
Sign in to saveAzonto is a dance and music genre from Ghana. It is connected to the traditional Ga dance Kpanlogo, associated with the coastal towns in the country such as Chorkor, James Town, Teshie, Nungua and Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.
Key facts
- Dance.title
- Azonto dance
- Dance.name
- Azonto
- Dance.image
- Ghanaians dancing azonto.png
- Dance.caption
- Four people dancing Azonto
- Dance.origin
- Ghana
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- music of Ghana
- Country of origin
- Ghana
- Image
- Ghanaian dancing Azonto Move 2.jpg
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- inception
- 2000-00-00
- partially coincident with
- Afrobeats
- Commons category
- Azonto
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Encyclopedic overview
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Azonto is a dance and music genre from Ghana. It is connected to the traditional Ga dance Kpanlogo, associated with the coastal towns in the country such as Chorkor, James Town, Teshie, Nungua and Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.
Several accounts say Azonto was formerly known as 'Apaa' in these communities. The Apaa dance, hence Azonto dance, involves a set of hand movements that either mimic everyday activities especially ones concerning people's livelihoods, or moves that are meant to amuse an audience.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Azonto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.