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Adzohu DancersWelcome to Alokli

We are Alokli West African Dance, a community dance-drumming club based in Marin County, CA (just north of San Francisco). 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!

Traditional African Music & Dance?

Adzohu DancersYup. Over the years we've been mistaken for a goddess drum circle, male and/or female empowerment group, bongo jam session, religious cult, aerobics class, hippie commune, 12-step program, trance dancers, travelling circus, and ethnic fashion show -- to name a few. We are none of the above. Well ok, we're a little of all of the above. Mostly we're a community of diverse people brought together by the power and beauty of traditional African music and dance. Sound like fun? Read on!

Where to Start

Find out more about us and check out our African dance & drum classes in the San Francisco Bay area. Read about the African music and dances we do or learn more about West African people & culture. You'll find lots of pictures in our Photo Gallery, including some recent images from Ghana. Got lots of bandwidth or plenty of time? Savor our audio recordings and video clips. When you've had enough of us, we've collected some hard-to-find links to related African music and dance sites. And don't be shy - we love getting e-mail from perfect strangers, and we especially like feedback and making new friends.

Songs of West Africa by Dan Gorlin.

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

Feb 24, 2005 : good news for fans of our video page. Our server has been upgraded to allow more bandwidth, which means we can keep our entire video collection online. For those who have been asking for particular clips, they're all back.

August 3, 2004: video selections have been rotated on our video page. Also, our songbook will now be sold exclusively through Amazon.com for retail sales.

June 4, 2004: video selections have been rotated on our video page.

May 30, 2004: Geepers, I'm an East Coast guy now. If you're having trouble getting in touch with us, please note our new Philadelphia contact information. I'm just getting settled in Philly (and loving it) so there won't be classes offered here for several months, in case you're wondering. And of course we no longer teach in the Marin area, but you might want to check out Gabe's Web Site for classes in Marin (Djembe/Guinea music).

December 15, 2003: Danny's moving to Philadelphia soon, so there will no longer be classes in the Bay Area. It's been 20 great years teaching in this area and I'll miss the gang, but I'm also looking forward to mixing it up with the east coast dance-drumming scene in the near future. Change is good, embrace it!

September 23, 2003: Aoccdrnig to a rseearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef. Amzanig, huh??

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Songs of West Africa Songbook/CD
Now on sale!

 

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