Afrikatɔwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖu

Afrikatɔwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖu, si wogayɔna be Afro ɣeɖuɖu, lɔ ɣeɖuɖu ƒe atsyã vovovo siwo dzɔ tso Afrika ƒe anyiehe Sahara ɖe eme. Ɣeɖuɖu siawo ƒo ke ɖe to ɖe nutoa me ƒe hadzidzi kple haƒoƒo ƒe kɔnyinyiwo me vevie, eye wowɔa akpa vevi aɖe le dekɔnuwo ɖeɖefia me. Le Afrika-dukɔ geɖe me la, hadzidzi kple ɣeɖuɖu le vevie ŋutɔ hena hadomedzidzenuwo fiafia, ŋkuɖoɖo agbemenudzɔdzɔ ɖedzesiwo dzi, ŋutinya si wogblɔ kple nu la takpɔkpɔ, kple gbɔgbɔmenuteƒekpɔkpɔwo dodo ɖe ŋgɔ. Esi ɣeɖuɖu vovovowo kple ŋutilã bliboa ƒe ʋuʋu ɖe dzesi ta la, zi geɖe la, wowɔa Afrikatɔwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖuwo ɖekae le ƒuƒoƒo gãwo me, si wɔnɛ be ɣeɖulawo kple nukpɔlawo nɔa kadodo sesẽwo me.

 Nɔnɔmeawo 
Dekɔnu ɣeɖuɖu le Afrika dzɔna le ƒuƒoƒo me, eye woɖea nutoa me tɔwo ƒe dzidzenuwo kple didiwo fiana wu ame ɖekaɖekawo alo srɔ̃tɔwo tɔ. Togbɔ be ɣeɖuɖuwo ate ŋu adze abe ɖe wodzɔna le wo ɖokui si ene hã la, zi geɖe la, wowɔa wo ɖe ɖoɖo nu pɛpɛpɛ . Seɖoƒe li na nuwɔwɔ le wo ɖokui si elabena etsɔa susu ɖoa ame ɖekaɖeka ŋu wu ƒuƒoƒoa.  Egodotɔwo ƒe numeɖeɖe gbãtɔwo de dzesii be srɔ̃tɔ kplikplikpli ƒe ɣeɖuɖu si ƒomevi xɔ ŋkɔ le Europa kple Dziehe Amerika meli o: wosusui be ɣeɖuɖu mawo nye agbegbegblẽnɔnɔ alo mevivina le Afrikatɔwo ƒe dekɔnu geɖe me o. Le Yorubatɔwo dome la, ne míagblɔ kpɔɖeŋu aɖe koŋ la, asikaka ame ŋu esime wole ɣe ɖum mebɔ o negbe le nɔnɔme tɔxɛ aɖewo me ko.  Afrika dukɔ ɖeka kolia si ƒe dekɔnu ɣeɖuɖuwo lɔ zɔhɛwo ɖe emee nye Cameroon .

Zi geɖe la, woɖea ɣeɖuɖuwo ɖe vovo le ŋutsu alo nyɔnu nyenye nu, afisi wodoa ŋusẽ ŋutsu alo nyɔnu nyenye ƒe akpa si wowɔna le ɖeviwo kple nutoa me ƒe ɖoɖo bubuwo abe ƒometɔnyenye, ƒexɔxɔ, kple dunyahehe ƒe ɖoƒe ene zi geɖe. Henry Louis Gates, Anthony Appiah (eds), Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Basic Civitas Books, 1999, p. 556.Ɣeɖuɖu geɖewo ma le ŋutsu alo nyɔnu nyenye nu, le hadede kple dɔwɔwɔ si me ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo ƒe mama le, kpakple dekɔnu dzixɔse siwo ku ɖe ŋutsu alo nyɔnu ƒe akpa si wowɔna kple ŋutsu alo nyɔnu nyenye ƒe ɖeɖefia ŋu ta.  Ɣeɖuɖuwo ɖua mɔzɔzɔ tso ɖevime yi tsitsime alo gbɔgbɔmetadedeagu ƒe azã. Le kpɔɖeŋu me, le Lundatɔ siwo le Zambia dome la, nyɔnuvi suewo nɔa ɣaɣlame ɣleti geɖe tsɔ srɔ̃a ɣeɖuɖua hena woƒe tsitsi ƒe kɔnu. 

Le Afrika-dukɔwo me la, ɖeviwo dzea woƒe hawo, woƒe ʋugbewo kple ɣeɖuɖuwo sɔsrɔ̃ gɔme tso dzidziɣi, eye wodzea egɔme kple woƒe dadawo ƒe ɖevihadzidziwo. Esi wofɔ wo ɖe wo dada ƒe megbe le woƒe gbe sia gbe dɔ kple hadomewɔnawo me la, woƒoa ha siwo wo dadawo ƒoa ɖi alo ɖoa to la. Thomas Edward Bodwich, si nye Europatɔwo gbãtɔ ƒe eteƒekpɔla, gblɔ be "viwo wɔa woƒe ta kple ŋutinuwo ʋãna, ne wole wo dada ƒe megbe dzi, le ɖekawɔwɔ me kple gbe si le ɖiɖim". Eileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History, W. W. Norton & Company, 1997, p. 22.  Afrikatɔwo ƒe ɖeviwo ƒe fefewo dometɔ geɖe, vevietɔ le ɣetoɖoƒe kple Titina Afrika me, dometɔ aɖewo nye nusiwo nana ɖeviwo tea ŋu sea ​​ɣeyiɣi ƒe didime gɔme. Ne ɖeviwo tsi nyuie be yewoate ŋu aɖu ɣe la, wodzea agbagba be yewoasrɔ̃ ɣeɖuɖuwɔla tsitsi siwo de ŋgɔ ale gbegbe be woate ŋu awɔ ɣeɖuɖuawo pɛpɛpɛ. Wona mɔ wo be woadzra wo ɖokui ɖo ne wonya nu si woɖo ɖi na wo la nyuie. 
Hadzidzi siwo wowɔna ɖe Afrika ɣeɖuɖuwo me la to vovo ŋutɔ. Hadzadzidzi geɖe wɔa amegbetɔwo ƒe gbea ŋu dɔ le hadzidzi, ɣlidodo, nuƒoƒo, dzodzo, gbeɖiɖiwo kple nu bubuwo me. Habɔbɔ geɖe zãa akplɔ. Le Afrika-dukɔ aɖe me la, kpekpe ɖe wo nɔewo ŋu le kpẽa ƒe ɖiɖi ta nye mɔnukpɔkpɔ be woana wo nɔewo ƒe gome kple ɖekawɔwɔ ƒe seselelãme, ɣeyiɣi si me woado ƒome kple wo nɔewo eye woanye agbe ƒe ƒuƒoƒo ƒe akpa aɖe si me wokpe ɖeviwo kple tsitsiawo, kesinɔtɔwo kple ame dahewo, ŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo katã be woakpe asi ɖe woƒe agbenɔnɔ ŋu le. Gake to vovo na esia la, ame siwo nye Masai la meƒoa akplɔ o.

Afrikatɔwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖu geɖe nyea ɣeɖuɖu vovovowo, si fia be wozãa ɣeɖuɖu eve alo esi wu nenema siwo tsi tre ɖe wo nɔewo ŋu le ɣeyiɣi ɖeka me. Ɣeɖulawo ate ŋu ana ŋutilã ƒe akpa vovovowo ƒe ʋuʋu nasɔ ɖe ɣeyiɣi vovovowo nu, alo atrɔ ɖe ɣeyiɣi ƒe didime vovovowo ŋu le mɔ si mesɔ o nu. Le kpɔɖeŋu me, zi geɖe la, ɣeɖula siwo le Naidzeria, ƒoa ɣeɖula eve ya teti nu ƒu ɖekae le woƒe ʋuʋu me, alo etɔ̃ ne wobi ɖe etɔxɛe. Nusianu si wu ema nye aʋadziɖuɖu si mebɔ o. Woate ŋu atsɔ ɣeyiɣi ƒe didime ƒe akpa siwo le wo ɖokui si le haƒoƒoa me hã akpe ɖe eŋu. Ʋuʋu siwo sesẽ ŋutɔ ate ŋu adzɔ togbɔ be ŋutilãa meʋãna to yamenutome o hã. 

 Ɣeɖuɖu ɖedzesiwo 
Afrikatɔwo ƒe ɣe siwo ŋu woƒo nu tsoe le nutowo me dometɔ aɖewoe nye:

 Ɣedzeƒe Afrika 

 Adumu: Maasaitɔwo ƒe titri ɣeɖuɖu si wowɔna le aʋawɔlawo ƒe tsitsi ƒe wɔnawo me. Aʋawɔlawoe wɔa gotagome, eye ame ɖeka alo eve le ɣeyiɣi ɖeka me age ɖe titina adze titri gɔme. Ƒuƒoƒoa me tɔwo ate ŋu anɔ te ɖe titri ƒe kɔkɔme dzi akɔ woƒe gbe ƒe ɖiɖime ɖe dzi. 

 Anyiehe Afrika 
 Indlamu: ɣeɖuɖu si ɖekakpuiwo wɔna si tso Ngunitɔwo gbɔ le Anyiehe Afrika, eye vovototo geɖe le eme le to la nu.
 Jerusarema: ɣeɖuɖu si dzɔ tso Zimbabwe, si ƒe dzesi enye ʋuʋu kabakaba, ŋusẽtɔe kple ʋuʋudedi si wowɔna tso teƒe si wobɔbɔ nɔ anyi.
 Mohobelo: Sothotɔwo ƒe "striding dance" si le Anyiehe Afrika hã ɖea titri, afɔkpodzi, glidzaglidza, kple sinuous ʋuʋu siwo te ɖe anyigba ŋu fiana.
 Mokhibo: "abɔta ɣeɖuɖu" hã dzena le Afrika ƒe dzigbe gome koŋ, vevietɔ le Lezoto . Nyɔnuwoe wɔa esia. Ɣeɖuɖua nye abɔta ƒe ʋuʋu le aɖaŋu kple ɣeyiɣi ƒe didime nu.
 Muchongoyo: Zimbabwetɔwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖu si ŋutsuwo wɔna, eye nyɔnuwo kpɔa gome le eme le hadzidzi kple haƒonuwo ƒoƒo kpakple ɣeɖuɖu le axadzi. Nyɔnuawo ɖoa fli ɣeaɖewoɣi heɖua ɣe ƒoa xlã ŋutsuawo. Muchongoyo nye gbɔgbɔmeɣeɖuɖu si wowɔna tsɔ ɖua wɔna veviwo dzi eye wotsɔa gomekpɔlawo doa ka kple mawume.
 Umteyo: Xhosatɔwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖu si ɖekakpuiwo wɔna, si me akɔta bliboa ƒua du kabakaba. Xhensa ɣeɖuɖu hã nye esi ŋutsu tsitsiwo wɔna nenema ke, eye asikpeƒoƒo, hadzidzi, kple ɣlidodo kpena ɖe eŋu.
 Ukusina: Zulu nyɔnuwo ƒe ɣeɖuɖu si wowɔna le South Africa le Umemulo, nyɔnuwo ƒe tsitsi ƒe wɔnawo me.

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