Annotated Bibliography
The paper will be about the Azonto dance, which has undoubtedly become a very famous dance across the planet. Having started as a flick dance, it has become a significant thing, and thereby so many artists even picking it up as a futuristic dance technique. In the long run, we are planning to ensure that the research paper analyses the history of the dance and traces its development through time. The article will also be talking about the African nature of the dance and its links to this beautiful continent. Further, this paper has even discussed more on the place of Azonto dance into the future. It is a dance that has positioned the African community on the global map, which over the years, continues to be talked about. The paper also looks at the place of other African dances in the worldwide map and their initiation into the universal frame as a whole.
Annotated Bibliography
- THOMPSON, J. (2016). Azonto and the Church: The Place of Dance in Worship. BERCHIE, DANIEL/KWAME BEDIAKO, DANIEL/REUBEN ASAFO, DZIEDZORM (eds.): The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Missions. Cambridge, 409-434.
The author of this book looks at how the Azonto dance has been used in the worship process. In worship, people need a quality dance that makes them feel the presence of the lord, which is what Azonto dance is doing. This paper will help the final research in building up the use of the Azonto dance to the society currently and the future.
- Ofosu, T. B. K., & Dei, T. (2013). The’Azonto’dance-a Ghanaian new creation: exploring new boundaries of popular dance forms. African Performance Review, 7(1), 45-64.
This book talks of the value of the Azonto dance to the Ghanaian culture. It has improved the way people perceive their culture, such that they are now viewed as an exclusive community of the world that has come up with such a beautiful dance. The paper will improve the final research by growing the area of the value of Azonto dance on exposing Africa because it is now famous across the world.
- Ayettey, B. O. (2016). Jumping like a Kangaroo: Music and Dance in the campaign strategy of Ghanaian political parties. Muziki, 13(1), 2-18.
The paper talks about the actual value of dance when it comes to politics. Dancing is mostly used to signify specific political movements, and in Ghana, the Azonto dance has taken such a significant feat. This paper will help in explaining the use of the Azonto dance in the final research. The research paper has sought to look at how best the Azonto dance can be used, and this explains it so well.
- Carl, F. (2015). Music, ritual, and media in charismatic religious experience in Ghana. Congregational music-making and community in a mediated age, 45-60.
This paper looks at the Ghanaian community in isolation, such that it tries to look at how people have grown in the era of the Azonto dance to this final stage. There has been so much improvement made in Ghana with new hops coming in recent years. The paper will be best in explaining how the Ghanaian community has been vital in defining how people relate to music and what it means to the greater community.
- Shipley, J. W. (2013). Transnational circulation and digital fatigue in Ghana’s Azonto dance craze. American Ethnologist, 40(2), 362-381.
The paper talks about the digital issues that tat Azonto dance brought. In this era, a pure dance can always turn into a big deal over time. This paper will add value to the final research by simply adding directly to how new dances circulate in the society currently and how the same spreads across the globe.
- Van der Westhuizen, A. (2014). Social media: use without getting abused.
The paper touches on the place of social media in society. It is mostly through technology that different organizations find a home more comfortable for survival and exposing their cultures. This paper will add the social media exposure issue into the paper, where it will be touching on the impact of social media on different cultural and dance exposures.
Reference
THOMPSON, J. (2016). Azonto and the Church: The Place of Dance in Worship. BERCHIE, DANIEL/KWAME BEDIAKO, DANIEL/REUBEN ASAFO, DZIEDZORM (eds.): The Bible, Cultural Identity, and Missions. Cambridge, 409-434.