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GAHU- DIFFERENT VARIATIONS

FRANCIS AKOWUAH AND HIS GUYS MANDINA-ACCRA


The Gahu Dance at the Ghana National Theatre
Principle of African Choreography, that in African, "dance serves as an index to the value systems that enable the community to interpret and express the various events of life". The jumping, squatting, rolling, twisting, turning, smiling, frowning , running, etc seen in most African dance performance depict the extent at which words can not simply explain the African's innermost feelings within a particular context.




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