A-Z African Dance Moves (YouTube video, alphabetized list, and comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents a YouTube video that showcases popular African dances in 2020. The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to all the creators of these dances and thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks also to the vlogger who published these videos on YouTube and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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A - Z African Dance Moves 2020

Fireup Dance, May 27, 2020

Here are some of our favorite African Dance moves ! It was really hard choosing just one for each letter because there are SO many amazing moves from all over the continent ! We do not claim to be the best or do execute each move exactly as it was created but we hope to inspire you to do some research & learn about our beautiful cultures ! 😜 #SprdLove

**** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post showcases a May 27, 2020 YouTube video in which three African women perform short moves from various African urban dances. When I first clicked on this video, I thought that it was going to showcase the African dance moves that were created or popularized in 2020. However, some of the comments in this video's discussion thread implied or indicated that many of these dances are "old", and some may be traditional to a particular African ethnic group.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to the dancers that are featured in this video and thanks to all those who are associated with this video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this video. **** ALPHABETIZED LIST OF THESE FEATURED DANCES

Here are the dances that are featured in this video along with their nation of origin: A- Azonto (Ghana) B- Bella (Angola)

C - Chokobodi (Ghana) D- Dingi Dingi- Uganda E - Etighi (Nigeria) F - Fimbu (Congo) G - Gweta (Togo) H - Hlokolosa (South Africa) I -Idibala (South Africa) J - Jazze (Gabon) K - Kpakujema (Nigeria) L - Leg work (Nigeria) M - Maplory (Cote d'Ivoire)

N - Network (Ghana) O - Odi (Kenya) P - Poco (Nigeria) Q - Questions (Nigeria) R - Runyege (Uganda) S - Shaku Shaku (Nigeria) T - Telli (Ghana) U - Umbre (Nigeria) V - Voshu (South Africa) W - Wango (Senegal) X- X-Am (Nigeria)

Y - Yahooze (Nigeria) Z-Zanku (Nigeria)

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MDX0bI5TE&ab_channel=FireUpDance

(Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.) 1. Emmanuel Abore, 2020
"Basically a Nigerian dance tutorial.... Lmao... my people got moves..."

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2. FireUp Dance, 2021
"LOL guilty ! We need to diversify even more next time ! "...

** 3. Stephen .V, 2020

"This is lit..but u forgot about gwara gawra frm SA and pilolo frm GH." ** Reply 4. Nina Bai, 2020 "We would have loved to add all the dances because they are all so beautiful and it was hard to pick just one for each letter!! Subscribe and look out for version 2 ! Yaaay😍💗" -snip- Nina Bai is the same person as the video publisher "FireUp Dance". ** Reply 5. Eudy James, 2020 "Choreographers were mainly focused on Nigerian moves how can one leave out gwara gwara."

** Reply 6. Mine Akpotu, 2020 " @Nina Bai ooooo! I was wondering y there were so many Nigerian steps. It was alphabetical ** Reply 7. FireUp Dance, 2021 "@mine akpotu we will add more steps from different countries for Part 2! "...**

8. Reply FireUp Dance, 2021 "Everyone knows gwara gwara already lol 😂"

** 9. dogpack on_tour, 2020
"Where i can find just that song? Love it! (I love the dance also tho!) 🥰"

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10. FireUp Dance, 2020
"So glad you like it!!! The song is Wo! By Olamide !"...

** 11. Collen Matsepe, 2020 "This video is biased.There so many dances from other African countries that are best and which deserved representation. Another thing is that it is not easy to tell which dance move belong to which country because Africans are dancers naturally and most of their dance moves are much more similar if not the same.Some countries just have their dance moves enjoying media coverage and not necessarily b'coz they are the best or top those of other country.Videos like this one are never fairly representative b'coz they always contain an element of bias."
** 12. Rachel McClain, 2020

"I expected to find Coupe Decale or Ndombolo, but I love this anyways! :)"

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13. FireUp Dance, 2021
"Those are amazing dance styles with so many individual moves !!! We would love to add them in our part 2 !"....

** 14. Tiktok Funnies Videos, 2020
"Gabonese urban dance is Ntcham... Jazze is died"

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15. FireUp Dance, 2021

"Ouuuuu yes good to know !! We will be adding this to our next video !!"...

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16. Wayfaring Stranger, 2020

"Very good but that "yahooze" was weak... y'all didn't do it right. Everything else was on point. Nice one. 🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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17. FireUp Dance, 2020
"Hahah true! Thank you so much for your feedback!"...

** 18. Beatrice Mubengwa, 2020 "Good job😍🔥🔥 but Zambia has chimwemwe dance... check it out" ** Reply 19. FireUp Dance, 2020 "Amazing ! Would love to learn more Zambian dances !!!!😍" ** 20. Elvira Hancock, 2020

"Im actually a little dissapointed you didnt include north africa! Did you guys forget we’re also african 🤣" ** Reply 21. FireUp Dance, 2021 "You are very right ! We need to add more from East & North Africa !"...

** 22. Seynabou, 2020 "Oh😍😍! Thank you so much for including the Wango which is a traditionnal Fulani dance ( i'm fulani😍)..

That's wonderful😘

🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳❤"

** 23. Happy Helloz, 2020 "Uoohh thank you for adding in runyege ntogoro from Uganda though its more elaborate than that kudos" ** Reply 24. FireUp Dance, 2020 "Ahhh thank you soo much! Our goal was to make people more curious to dive deeper and do some research by showing it in a simple, fun & easy to digest way ! I would love to learn all the details of all the dances because our cultures are so beautiful😍

** 25. M Kneenja, 2020 "Only one dance from Congo lololol In what universe?!!?!?!? YOU SACRILEGIOUS ANGLOPHONES wags finger" ** Reply 26. FireUp Dance, 2021 "LOLOL guilty ! Maybe it’s because you Congolese are toooo 🔥 for us to even try to keep up ?!"...

** 27. Juliet Danquah, 2021 "Zanku is Ghana kwasia"

** Reply 28. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Chai! Aponkye don’t be rude o 😅

Zanku is currently known and popularized by Nigeria. ALOT of these ‘new dances’ are remakes of old traditional steps from different African countries so maybe it even started in Angola? We don’t know. All we know is that African is beautiful and diverse and has plenty amazing dancers and dance moves. We love Ghana o ! Corner dem dance is a jam right now 😅😝🎊 Peace & love ❤️"

** 29. Grace Maina, 2020 "The odi from Kenya, you did not do it any justice. Please do more research"

** Reply 30. FireUp Dance, 2020 "Learned it from my Kenyan friend but would love to see more; kindly share some videos 😍♥️"

** 31. _tunge, 2020 "The Odi though?" ** Reply 32. FireUp Dance, 2020 "We promise to do better next time 🥰

at least now people who didn’t know it will research 🥰"

** 33. Sasorah, 2020 "The dance after zanku"

** Reply 34. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Gbeku dance is what the middle dancer was doing after zanku ! Hope that helps 🙌🏾🥰"

** 35. Shirley Tatha, 2020 "I am Kenyan... the odi wasn't as precise but thank you for including us!!! PS: I can't even do it myself so 🤷🏾‍♀️"

** Reply 36. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Hahah thank you for understanding and appreciating our effort & love !"... ** 37. Lorie Jamaican Natural, 2020
"Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Africa is so similar with dance moves"

** 38. Rachel McClain, 2020 "I expected to find Coupe Decale or Ndombolo, but I love this anyways! :)" ** Reply 39. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Those are amazing dance styles with so many individual moves

!!! We would love to add them in our part 2 !"...

** 40. BRWNSKN, 2021 "The reason I gave this video a 👎🏾Don't caption "Africa Dances From A-Z" as a whole when in all honesty you show 10 Nigerian dances, 4 Ghanaian dances and a couple of dances from a couple of other places 😒 THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT!. I'm at least 6th generation American, and I know more a diverse amount of African countries dances than that. And, I bet y'all are Nigerian.🙄"

** Reply 41. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Only one of the girls is Nigerian ! But your point is very fair ! Thank you for your feedback!! Hoping to do better next time !"...

** 42. I believe🌸, 2021 "Iam sorry iam from angola and this bela is not the bella that i know from angola so maybe repost and do a better representation (no trying to be shady?) at all." ** Reply 43. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Thank you so much for the feedback!!

Education is so so important ! 😉Apologies for the typo"... ! "... ** 44. Pesi Belau, 2021 "Well done but you need more life in Fimbu......I didn't recognise it.

BTW I am Congolese" ** Reply 45. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Ahhhh okay first of all; you Congolese people can dance o!!!!! Chai!! Waistlines straight from heaven!!! Thank you for blessing us with your beautiful culture ! We will work on our Fimbu!"...

** 46. MERCY Wambui, 2021
"They kinda got odi from Kenya 🇰🇪 wrong

But they tried regardless 🔥"

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47. FireUp Dance, 2021
"Hahah thank you for seeing our effort !"...

** 48. latichina5, 2021 "What? No ndombolo? The mother of all dances!!!!" ** Reply 49. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Ahhhh Congolese dance and culture is toooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥 We will add it in next time !"...

** 50. Rinitutu, 2021 "Just seeing the yahooze is giving me serious blasts from the past.

Outstanding job ladies.👏🏾👏🏾"

** Reply 51. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Hahah yes !!! The good days!!"...

** 52. ALAMO BEXAR, 2021 "SO MUCH SAUCE! This makes me proud to be black.

Something about watching your relatives across the ocean living in our truth that makes me soo happy.

** 53. Yonas Berhané, 2021 "Okay, I don't want to sound like a fault finder but, ladies, come on you forgot "Eskesta!!" A representation of Ethiopia. I was waiting on that"

** Reply 54. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Ahhh we love Eskista & East Africa as a whole !! We promise to add more of that for part 2! "...

** 55. Mai Vançon, 2021 "1:43 I’ve seen the Wango dance move from the Philippines.

It’s part of a traditional dance." ** Reply 56. FireUp Dance, 2021 "That’s amazing !!! All our cultures are intertwined somehow !!"...

** 57. Yahmar, 2021 "Hmmmm us “African-Americans” and our brothers and sisters on the islands have very similar moves, pretty much the same. Its in the blood!!!!!!!

** Reply 58. FireUp Dance, 2021 "Facts only !! Even our music is being blended more and more !"....

** 59. allegra, 2021 "I m congolese and the etighi dance we dance it on congo years ago 

Felix wazekwa 🎶nzoto maman 🎶.if you re congolese you know what I m talking about"

** 60. EVANS, 2021 "It would be cool to see african dances beside the caribbean dances beside the african american dances and see how we all have the same dances at one time or another WITHOUT studying each other"

** 61. Rebecca M., 2021 "this video just prove that africa created all the moves that people use in america,france,Uk and world wide to dance 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

I love this and guys congo has more dance move then just (fimbu) maybe you guys din't congolese people dance at all but they got a lot of move but no one give them attention that why no one knows it moves"

** Reply 62. FireUp Dance, 2021 "We promise to add more Congolese moves next time! What are your favorite moves?"

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