Alkayida

Alkayida (dem sanso spell Ashanti Twi: Alkaida), dem sanso know as Akayida, be a Ghanaian dance plus an emphasis on side-to-side moves, wey dey incorporate upper den body gestures, den dey encourage group routines as well as individual competition. Alkayida dance be intensively relaxed, intensively free-form, intensively dey involve footwork, den dey incorporate vast arrays of hip-life dance moves. E dey involve de swaying of de body along plus hand den shoulder movements insyd a certain pattern. According to hiplife artist Guru wey get a key role in popularizing de dance.

 Choreography 
De dance, dem spell Alkayida, begin as a slower dance plus moves wey seem to be replicating de extremist group den more recently, de dance den rhythms pick up pace den delivered colourful choreography den de “Alkayida”—dem often misspell “Al Qaeda”—no dey vie in unseating de azonto, buh e inadvertently dey embed de Ghanaian hip-life culture levity into de name of de terrorist group Al-Qaeda.

 Viral hit 
De Alkayida dance craze be associated plus hip-life music icon Guru after he popularize de term insyd ein hit song "Akayida (Boys Abrɛ)". "Brɛ" insyd de Ashanti language dey mean "tired". Insyd Guru ein song dem title Alkayida, de response to de word Akayida be "boys abrɛ", wey dis catch phrase gradually crawl ein way into de vocabulary of de Akan youth.

Na dem schedule Asamoah Gyan den de Black Stars squad to showcase de "Alkayida" dance on de global stage at de 2014 World Cup. Gyan den de rest of de team dance after dem score a goal insyd de Germany vs. Ghana group stage match. Na e, however be, an Azonto dance den no be Alkayida.

During 2014, Panamanian dancehall deejay Japanese alongside Honduran dancehall artist AlBeezy release de song "La Caída" ([la kaˈiða], "The Tumble"), dey use a similar instrumental to Guru ein track buh plus unrelated lyrics (a common practice among Panamanian dancehall songs, wich often be modeled after existing Jamaican dancehall songs. Dis sam times be discouraged wey dem deem plagiarism), den dey feature de same dance moves. Dis give de dance a brief, minor raise of popularity insyd Panama den, to a much lesser extent, Guru ein music den Azonto music overall.

 References 

 External links 
 Guru – "Akayida (Boys Abre)" (Music video) on YouTube
 Can you dance the ‘Al Qaeda’

Category:Ghanaian dances
Category:Ashanti dances
Category:Akan dances
Category:Hip-hop dances