We are Alokli West African Dance, a community dance-drumming club based
in Philadelphia, PA. We teach and perform Anlo-Ewe
and other West African music & dance styles from Ghana, Togo, Benin, and
Nigeria. Recently we've become a publisher as well, with a new African
songbook w/ CD available and more goodies on the way.
You'll find a lot of articles, photos, audio and video material here -all related
to West African music, dance, and song. So take a look around - and if you're
in the area, we invite you to visit us and join our growing community of eclectic
artisans. Enjoy your stay!
Our new African songbook w/CD
is shipping, and the response has been terrific. Learn to sing over 80
traditional African songs from Ghana, Togo, Benin & Nigeria in 6 languages,
with in-depth translations and performance notes. There's nothing else
like it! You can view sample songs, chapters, and audio clips from the
book right here. You may
also want to visit our online store
and learn about other stuff we've got cooking.
Site News & Performance Schedule
July 16, 2008 : Alokli West African Dance has moved to Philadelphia, PA, and it's a whole new ballgame. This website is mostly about the group as it existed in San Francisco but there's still lots of information about the people, culture, and music of West Africa here so do poke around for awhile. If you're interested in our Philadelphia group please visit www.myspace.com/alokli for recent photos, current performance schedule, and audio/video clips.
Welcome
to Alokli