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 ...

Just when the Azonto dance craze appeared to be dying a natural death, Gasmilla, credited as the father of Azonto has once again revived Ghana’s most populous rhythmic movement in the most fascinating ...

Over the weekend there was so much talk about Sarkodie's appearance on BBC and his comment that he gave birth to Azonto. His appearance on BBC showed how big an artiste he has become, how well he is ...

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 ...

On April 29 2016, Ghana will join over 200 countries worldwide to celebrate dance as a creative arts discipline. While the world takes on different dance forms as pertaining within their region to ...

The self-acclaimed King of ‘Azonto’, Gasmilla has called for what started as a dance craze and has evolved into music to be officially considered a “genre of music”. According to him, Azonto started ...

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 ...

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 ...