Earlier this week I shared a video of my dancing the Ghanaian kpanlogo…a sad video of my trying to do a happy dance.
I’ve been searching the web to find Ghanaian kpanlogo dancers who really know their stuff. This video is one of my favorites. However we do it, dancing the kpanlogo helps us relate to the optimism Ghana and other African nations felt as they shook colonial powers in the 1950s through the 1970s. We can also follow the kpanlogo bell pattern across the Atlantic, creating a rhythmic “paper trail” to connect West Africa with the Americas.
