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Ghana: Azonto Dance Craze Goes Global

Written byNdesanjo Macha
Posted 29 December 2011 16:47 GMT

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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 accomplished Azonto moves on the video channel.

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  • Pingback: Azonto – a dance craze for 2012? | On Africa

    […] posted on Facebook the video below, and said it was the craze there). And it seems it’s also increasingly popular online. So will azonto take over the dance world in 2012? GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); […]

    2 January 2012, 12:13 pm

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