Azonto

E304093

Azonto is a popular Ghanaian dance and music style characterized by fast-paced rhythms and expressive, often humorous body movements.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Azonto canonical 7
"Azonto" 1
Azonto dance 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dance ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
associatedWithCity Accra ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Ghana ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Ga people ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ghana ⓘ
culturalOrigin Ghanaian culture ⓘ
danceContext clubs ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
music videos ⓘ
parties ⓘ
social gatherings ⓘ
developedFrom traditional Ghanaian dances ⓘ
genreOf Afrobeats ⓘ
hasCharacteristic expressive body movements ⓘ
facial expressions ⓘ
fast-paced rhythm ⓘ
hand and arm gestures ⓘ
humorous gestures ⓘ
improvisation ⓘ
storytelling through movement ⓘ
hasSubculture youth culture in Ghana ⓘ
influenced Afrobeats dance ⓘ
global urban dance styles ⓘ
influencedBy hip-hop dance ⓘ
reggae-dancehall culture ⓘ
street dance ⓘ
movementFocus feet ⓘ
hips ⓘ
upper body ⓘ
notableArtist Fuse ODG ⓘ
Sarkodie ⓘ
notableSong U Go Kill Me ⓘ
linked to: You Go Kill Me
peakPopularity early 2010s ⓘ
popularizedInDecade 2010s ⓘ
spreadThrough YouTube ⓘ
diaspora communities ⓘ
social media ⓘ
stylisticOrigin Afro-pop ⓘ
linked to: Afropop

highlife ⓘ
hiplife ⓘ
theme boasting ⓘ
everyday activities ⓘ
flirtation ⓘ
humor ⓘ
typicalTempo up-tempo ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Ghanaian Pidgin English ⓘ
Twi ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarkodie → genre → Azonto ⓘ
Fuse ODG → knownFor → single "Azonto" ⓘ
linked to: Azonto
Fuse ODG → notableWork → "Azonto" ⓘ
linked to: Azonto
Gasmilla → knownFor → Azonto dance ⓘ
linked to: Azonto
Gasmilla → genre → Azonto ⓘ
Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad) → previousSingle → Azonto ⓘ