Ghana

Azonto / Cappuccino

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Azonto is a popular dance that originated in Ghana, West Africa, and started to spread also outside Ghana around 2012.  Since then, azonto has become familiar in afro pop clubs around the world. The dance typically includes movements and gestures that jokingly mimic everyday activities.

Come to have fun and to learn the right dance moves to the latest hit tunes from Ghana! The class suits all levels of dancers, but previous dance experience of course helps.

The teacher is Ghanaian dancer Amartey “Cappuccino” Meshark, who nowadays lives in Turku. Dance is Amartey’s passion and he has studied both azonto and traditional Ghanaian dances and drumming in his home country.

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Afrobeats/azonto

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Afrobeats is a collective name for a variety of West African pop styles mainly from Ghana and Nigeria. Maybe the most famous of them is azonto, a popular dance style from Ghana that started spreading all over the world around 2012. As many African club dance styles, afrobeats is a mix of many influences, local traditional dances, earlier African pop styles like coupé décalé and ndombolo, as wells as hip hop, dancehall etc. You might want to wear sneakers to this class, but bare feet are also ok. The class fits all levels of dancers, but previous dance experiences of course helps – be prepared to have some fun!

Eben, Ebenezer Aidoo, is a dancer and acrobat from Ghana currently living in Finland. Already as a child he started performing with Ghana Dance Ensemble, a company specialising in traditional dances of Ghana. Later he went to get an education in circus in China. Eben has performed all over Europe in different kinds of shows and events, both live and on TV. Nowadays he also teaches dance and acrobatics regularly in Tampere and Helsinki.

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Afrojazz Quintet feat. Jimi Tenor, Total Hip Replacement, DK Balafu @ Klubi

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Schedule

21.00 Afro Sunday DJs

21.30 ZZ Twerkers

22.00 ZZ Crew

22.15 Total Hip Replacement

24.00  Afrojazz Quintet feat. Jimi Tenor

01.30 DK Balafu

Tickets: in advance 18,50 € Tiketti / 20 € at the door
Group tickets 75 €/5 people, Fri + Sat tickets 35 € in advance from Tiketti!

Afrojazz Quintet feat. Jimi Tenor

Total Hip Replacement

DK Balafu

Ebony (Ghana)

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Announcing with great regret the death of Ebony who was to be part of our lineup artist at Fest Afrika 2-8.7.2018. Sending our deepest condolences to the family and all the fans in Ghana and around the world. “We live only twice, the day we are born and the day we die.” You left too early Ebony! Your great music will live forever. R.I.P.

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