The Ultimate List of All African Dance Moves A - Z 

8:51 its actually 'zekhethe' not 'woza'. Amapiano is genre not dance style. you've missed 'pantsula' and 'thuso phala'

I sense a little tribalism brewing in the comments section. This is how they divide and conquer us. Doesn’t matter where its from just grab your brother’s hand and dance to the rhythm.

Amapiano (means The Pianos, actually a genre) - South Africa Alkayida (means Boys Are Tired) - Ghana Akwaaba - Ghana Azonto - Ghana Bella - Angola Chocobodi - Ghana Etigi - Nigeria Gweta - Togo Gwara Gwara - S.A. Idibala - S.A. Jerusalema - S.A. Jazze - Gabon Kupe - Ghana Kpakujemu - Nigeria Legwork - Nigeria Maplorly - Ivory Coast Network - Ghana Odi - Kenya Pilolo - Ghana Shaku Shaku - Nigeria Sekem - Nigeria Skelewu - Nigeria Shoki - Nigeria Telli - Ghana Woza (zekhethe) - S.A. Vosho - S.A. Zanku - Nigeria - More: Pantsula Thuso Phala

I love my country Ghana🇬🇭🇬🇭

Recap: Ghana #1 Nigeria #2 South Africa #3 then the rest......the good news is that, it's all about Africa. Love it!

Ghana is obviously the king of dance moves

Africa to the world, happy to be born in Africa ✊🏿

I think Congolese are the dancing masters in whole of Africa.

You cant's go wrong with African dance. it keeps evolving and getting ever more interesting. I was just marveling on the energy of those South of Africa when it comes to dancing...wow

No other continent compares to Africa when it comes to Dance and Music. Although our Jamaican cousins are a very close 2nd to us.

Am a Pacific islander and like most I always love African music and dance moves. No one can move like you guys. Kudos!!!

Live dance energy for Ghana abeg... Dey too good! 🙌🏾🔥🔥🔥

You forgot the Pantsula dance from South Africa. It was also used by Beyonce on Run the World (Girls) (Official Video). It is a popular dance which originated in the townships of South Africa.

When it comes to dancing, its always GHANA. But there are some Congo moves that are interesting.

Ghana the dance hub of Africa🇬🇭🇬🇭

the "skelewu" dance originated from ghana by 5five in the video "move back" not by davido

thank youuuuuu!!!!!! I love afro dance, I only recently got introduce to the culture and this helps so much !!!! I love all these moves!

I love that y’all dance on the other beat❤❤❤❤❤

Love the dances and the moves along with the music

Such an amazing moves!!! 👏 Africa raising up!

Africa all the way, much love ❤️❤️❤️

Beautiful Dance! Thank you for sharing!

AFRICA STEPS , ARE TOTALLY AWESOME 👌 👏

Why are they all so funky and catchy.. Love from India

African dance is my favorite! Here from the US. Greaaattt narrating!

Beautiful love it. I enjoy watching neat. Black dance. Respectfully they show more happiness with their culture

Omg I’ve been looking for the “ shoki remix“ ❤❤❤

Bazokizo from Kenya....was a vibe

I love Africa ❤️❤️⚡⚡ 🤞🤩 From Nigeria

Glad to see Angola on the list!

Solid video. Thank you. I think these are the popular African dances, not all. Great video anyway.

The Sekem looks like James Brown's famous move. Love the dances!

Proudly Ghanaian 👍

-Bhenga dance which was famous in the gqom days -Sjepa -Woza dance is actually called zekhethe -Pantsula dance style -Nayi le walk - Thuso phala -Amapiano is a whole genre with many dance styles or techniques e.g the pouncing cat which is really the first real dance to describe the amapiano movement. Then there other dances like Baleka, survivor, mlume, zekhethe, "shi shi" and various footwork usually freestyles by any dancer **note these are just some of the most Impactful dance moves from South Africa I can remember.

I love all of them

Fire list bro. Great work.

I'm Nigerian and legwork is very common for me but I'm most best doing shaku shaku and party with a jagaban hehe also getting sturdy

Ghana mi seh👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Apdta ous, the praises to the creator for great dances worldwide and hygienic and clean.

God bless African people Mann yohhh

Mammia che bello!!

Love I sisters and brothers from Ifrica. East and North Ifrica we need to create dances...😁. Peace and Love

We Ghanaians just love music and blast them non stop regardless of wherever it comes from and easily come up with dances for em. And most dance moves from Ghana comes from the GA people (Greater Accra Region of Ghana)

This is great :) I love it!!

I love this video 😍 I learned new stuff 🥳🥳🥳

Thanks 🙏

very informative. thanks for this

All of them are good workout dance

You explain very clear many thinks that i did not understand before about African dance. Continue and develop

Lovely video🇿🇦

I really enjoyed the video, and you explain it very well love it. Wayne 😎👍 from Kansas City Missouri USA, be cool love it. Shalom.

I’m from Asia and I really think all dances are unique to our kind of dances and kind a telling me to dance with each shown dancer. Can you please please tell where or in which African country, I can learn all dance? I really want to learn them.

Now the question starts. You have only covered the music of a few African countries, and you left out a huge chunk of the continent. What did a frog say about the size of the sky while sitting at the bottom of a pond?

I would love too learn them

Most of the dance in west Africa come from Côte d'Ivoire you missed that. Also north Africa is Africa too. You focus on English speaking but French speaking has a lot of dance

I love this move. See my move also but bit different.

Jazze dance 🇬🇦🇬🇦 ❤️❤️there is also ntcham but it's a bit more technic

Great job 👏 👍

South Africa is the best one when it comes to dancing moves🇿🇦❤️

You forgot to mention Chimwemwe dance from Zambia 🇿🇲

Ghanafuo 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭😘😘💯💯❤️🔥🔥

Nice video, but try to do more research and make a more complete list. let me help you atleast with the ones from my country, hoping other countries also Dance steps from Cameroon 🇨🇲 : - Bensikin - La Maitresse - La Trompette - Folie de Kitoko - Miogo Miaga - Samali - Tranches d'annanas - FupFap - Mimbong - Ndjang - Pingis - Chakumalu - ........ OMG just noticed most of them don't even have names 🤣 I will update this with a link to each dance step

Gwara Zanku Gweta ❤

Poetry to poetry in motion. The moves like the ocean, rubbed in the body like lotion.

Afrika the Best AND highly creative people in the World!!!! No dou

I love it!!!!!

You forgot the congolaise 🇨🇩 danse ndombolo and lot off very good

This list is null and void cause no Congo, they are the master's Angola too kuduro is a vibe

I want to learn.

Jerusalem’s dance is from Angola, the music is from South Africa but who created the dance were Angolans

Look for miondoko from Kenya you will love,Rihanna danced miondoko at the Superbowl

Interesting ❣️

Ghana thoo😭😭❤️❤️❤️

Love it

Nice!

It is in our genes the beat the movements

In Nigeria we have galala, conto and swuu, but they are not there, but I love you this

Lets update this list with the empele dance ..a viral one currently in uganda .....empele to the world... african culture to the world

Great

You should also add chimwemwe dance from Zambia

Kenya we here

I love my people we are owsome

good dance in africa

You miss a lot of dance 💃 from Nigeria 🇳🇬

Odi😁from kenya😎😇

It's the way you left so many countries out Zimbabwe has so many good dance moves though

Ghana people. Asanteni(Thank you)

come to Uganda for more

🔥🔥🔥 Ghana 🇬🇭♥️

Gweta is amazing bruh

of course there are more dances from other countries in Africa. But this is about the ultimate dances..

Lively, lovely, bubbly and wild 😜❤ the funny wild 💞 it's so therapeutic to the soul and floods my heart with love. I just move yeah, roll and move with the beat 🥰😂❤❤❤🤩💞 happy feat🤩🤩🤩 👣👣👣🎶🎶🎶🎶

Thanks so much for showing all those moves. I love afrobeat ! Cheers from Canada ! I just subscribed to your channel. 😃

😂😂😂😂😂😂man you added idibala😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂please do a part 2 and list the ones the comments mentioned

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Makossa, ndombolo, soukouss, kizomba, etc.

Nice, but they all look quite similar.

FEELING LUCKY BORN AFRICAN

Number 16 is so hilarious 🤣🤣

Imwe this guy always leaves Zambia in everything....🇿🇲🇿🇲