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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Ghanaian dance called Azonto is making waves around the world and threatening to spawn its own YouTube industry as dance enthusiasts try to out do each other by posting the most hilarious and most ...

Earlier this week, 'Knock You Down' singer Keri Hilson stunned her Ghanaian fans at the Stand Up GH event in the country's International Conference Centre by performing the popular 'Azonto' dance.

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 ...