African dances

Zaouli or Zawli is a traditional dance of the Guro people (who speak the Guro language) of central Ivory Coast. It is performed by a single masked and costumed dancer, accompanied by musicians.

thumb|Video of a Guérewol performance. thumb|right|Participants in the Guérewol perform the Guérewol dance. The eventual winner was the tall young man in the middle. Photographed 1997 in Niger. thumb|A young maiden judges men competing in a Guérewol in 1997.|300x300px The Guérewol (var. Guerewol, Gerewol) is an annual courtship ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people of Niger. Young men dressed in elaborate ornamentation and made up in traditional face painting gather in lines to dance and sing, vying for the attentions of marriageable young women. The Guérewol occurs each year as the

dances of the African continent

Taskiwin (, ) is a traditional dance of Morocco that is recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is a martial dance that is specific to the western High Atlas mountain range in central Morocco. The dance gets its name from the richly decorated horn each dancer carries, known as the Tiskt. The dance involves the art of shaking one's shoulders to the rhythm of tambourines and flutes, and stomping the feet. The practice is said to foster social cohesion and harmony and provide a sense of identity and continuity for the communities that perform it.

style of folk music and dance from Cameroon

thumb|right|238px|Example of punta music

Hiragasy or hira gasy (hira: song; gasy: Malagasy) is a musical tradition in Madagascar, particularly among the Merina ethnic group of the Highland regions around the capital of Antananarivo. It is a day-long spectacle of music, dance, and kabary oratory performed by a troupe (typically related by blood or marriage and of rural origin) or as a competition between two troupes.

Agbadza is an Ewe music and dance that evolved from the times of war into a very popular recreational dance. It came from a very old war dance called Atrikpui and usually performed by the Ewe people of the Volta Region of Ghana, particularly during the Hogbetsotso Festival, a celebration by the Anlo Ewe people. In addition, it is also performed by Togolese and Beninese of Ewe descent. The dance has five movements in performing it, 1. Banyinyi which is a short introductory in prayer to the gods and ancestors, 2. Vutsortsor which is the main dance, 3. Adzo- which is less energetic and only the m

music and dance genre from Cape Verde

thumb|Demonstration of Ekista Eskista (Amharic: እስክስታ) is a traditional Amhara cultural dance originated by the Amhara ethnic group in Ethiopia. "Eskista" means "dancing shoulders" in Amharic.

The coladeira ( ; , ) is a music genre from Cape Verde.

traditional Zulu dance characterised by lifting one foot over the head and bringing it down on the downbeat, often for war or harvest

thumb|300px|Female funaná dancers.

The Assiko is a popular dance from the South of Cameroon.

Bọ̀lọ̀jọ̀ is an African dancing and popular musical style among the Yewa Yoruba clans situated in the western regions of Ogun State, Nigeria and other closely linked Yoruba subgroups in the nearby Plateau Department of Benin.

Mapouka (or macouka,"la danse du fessier", or "the dance of the behind"), also known as Chura, or Baikoko in Southern Africa, is a modernized version of a traditional dance from the Dabou area of southeast Côte d'Ivoire originating from the Ahizi, Alladian, Dida and Avikam people; it is also especially popular in Tanzania. Mapouka entered the music scene in 1991 following the 1990s creation of zouglou music and the importation of foreign music genres such as dancehall and hip hop, and grew in popularity, especially among the youth.

music genre and type of dance

traditional dance of the Zezuru Shona people

Aláàrìnjó (otherwise known as Apidàn) is a traditional dance-theatre troupe among the Yoruba. The dance-theatre was developed in the 16th century.

traditional dance from Mozambique's North

music genre in Tanzania

thumb|right|Somali young women and men performing the traditional dhaanto dance-song in Jubaland. Dhaanto is a style of traditional Somali music and folk dance. It is a cultural folk dance native to the Somali people in the Horn of Africa.