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How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 2:29am On Sep 05, 2006

Do You Know How To Makossa Dance?

Okay, hey guys I haven't been talking alot in this forum, but I just want to know how to makossa dance. I have "Awilo Longomba's" video, and I am looking at the girls and I can do it, but I can't do it well. And I'm Nigerian, so it's a new thing in America, for the Nigerian Americans.

So I want to know how to do it, if anyone can help me. And the only reason I want to know this, is because I want to join this dance team, and it's mostly consisted of Nigerian girls, but EVERYONE, wants to join, so I want to get this right, plz answer, lol,

get at me yall

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by nike4luv(f): 2:31am On Sep 05, 2006

if you have lived most of your life in Nigerian, its a thing you can get used to, hell yeh i can do it, its awesome, backbreaking but awesome!

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 2:33am On Sep 05, 2006

Lol, for real? But I mean, everyone says that, but I really want to be able to do it and get a step by step move, I mean, I can dance, don't get me wrong, but I really want to do this, and get it right, cuz i love dancing, i can do it a lil though,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by nike4luv(f): 2:35am On Sep 05, 2006

just watch them do it

its mostly bending your knees, with your two hands and do the damn thing [am imagining it], watch the thing again,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 2:41am On Sep 05, 2006

LOl, hahahaa, hell naw, u crazy, but i mean yeah i can do it, but i want to do it perect ya know, those videos be hard, den they can do it really good,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 2:44am On Sep 05, 2006

Well I do not know how to dance that genre of music. But honestly I do enjoy watching those skilled in the dance

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by bluenubian(f): 2:45am On Sep 05, 2006

if u watch em closely u should be able to do it, makossa is not very different from our traditional dances, jus some moves make each kind of dance distinct, its also like dance hall reggae, jus try the basic move then as u keep doing it, u throw in more moves. don't try throwning yourself on the floor yet. all those crazy moves will fall into place the more u do it and get comfortable.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by nike4luv(f): 2:47am On Sep 05, 2006

sorry Uju but yo a$$ can't be completely perfect [it'l be boring for u] but anyways, watch the vid, or get someones help,

uchenna, mhm, am sure u can dance even if its like an oyinbo man

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 2:52am On Sep 05, 2006

But Uju I am wondering why u wanna join a makoossa troupe.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 2:54am On Sep 05, 2006

I really can not dance that.But if you are willing to tutor me on that Nike,then I might take up the challenge

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by nike4luv(f): 2:55am On Sep 05, 2006

Uche2nna:
But Uju I am wondering why u want to join a makoossa troupe.

yeah its not like you are congolaise or something, why dont u do something more excitin

@ uche, lol, dont want to break your back, might be too extreme for you take dance classes

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 3:00am On Sep 05, 2006

do not be a spoil sport Nike.i can surprise you.in my world an old dog can learn new tricks

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 12:34pm On Sep 05, 2006

no, i want to dance this nigerian team, not a mokossa one, we do nigerian dances for diaspora

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by nike4luv(f): 3:51pm On Sep 05, 2006

@ Uche, am so not a spoil sport

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 11:40pm On Sep 08, 2006

Hey guys, I tried out, and they said i did it perfectly, but I have to see it more with my waist,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 11:46pm On Sep 08, 2006

Walahi,uju I would have love to be there when you were rolling them hips. Anyway,nice pix.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by ZuluNation(m): 11:55pm On Sep 08, 2006

Love your pic Uju, by the way Uju is my older sister's name too. Hope you not like my sister though. Oh and welcome to niraland Uju.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 1:13am On Sep 09, 2006

lol, okay thank you, hehehe,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by justin04(m): 2:20pm On Sep 09, 2006

Watch the videos and practice.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by ldollier(f): 7:55pm On Sep 09, 2006

did i just hear someone say makossa!!!! well they don't call me the "makossa queen" for no reason. would love to teach you tho. but your all the way in atlanta. am in maryland, anyhow makossa dancing is very easy. it only involves a lot of leg movement, butt movement, hand movement, infact it involves everything, well watch the videos and hope for the best,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 12:05am On Sep 10, 2006

OH for real, you know how to do other dances?/
Like dutty wine,
I made the tryouts for that dance thing, and they said I know how to do it, well well,
It's just that I'm scared about if i don't make it, but I practiced a whole lot, so I hope I did it alright, but yeah,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by ghettochyk(f): 7:25am On Sep 10, 2006

gurl dat sounds fun!! i love different dances. i got so into makossa and african dances when i came to nigeria. i wish i had the videos to dance along. i practiced the makossa dances when someone brought a video to my house. lol. i'm gettin better, i think wish i had one to go along with tho.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 11:23pm On Sep 12, 2006

I know I love different dances too, I will know if I made the team, tommorow, wish me luck,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 11:37pm On Sep 12, 2006

I wish you all the luck.Do not stress yourself you have already made the team.Say Amen!Just remenber to invite us over for some caviar

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 12:10am On Sep 13, 2006

Yeah, I sure hope so, but if i didn't make the team, I will be mad at you,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 12:13am On Sep 13, 2006

kadeejah i see u reading this
to answer your question
i'm in cobb county,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Kadeejah(f): 12:14am On Sep 13, 2006

Lol. I woulda taught u buh i aint in atl no more n i guess u already tried out, goodluck tho hope u make it

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uche2nna(m): 12:16am On Sep 13, 2006

Uju4eva:
Yeah, I sure hope so, but if i didn't make the team, I will be mad at you,

why?

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Uju4eva(f): 12:34am On Sep 13, 2006

cuz now, my hopes will be given up and stuff
but kadeejah i know how to do it now,
matter of fact it's simple,

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Kadeejah(f): 12:36am On Sep 13, 2006

okay.

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Raymand(m): 7:12am On Sep 13, 2006

Could someone just upload a tutorial video of "how to dance makossa"

Re: How To Dance Makossa? by Blackberry: 12:24pm On Sep 13, 2006

you have to watch them and get sm1 to teach you

its not sumfin that can be exlained

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Makossa - frwiki.wiki

Makossa type of music from Cameroon. It was originally an exclusive part of the Duala culture, but is now accepted as popular music throughout the country. It is similar to souks, but with more bass and brass. It originates from the traditional dance sava, Ambas Bay, with significant influences from jazz and Caribbean music, from Latin American music to highlife and rumba. This urban musical style is one of the four main rhythms of Cameroon along with bikutsi, mangambeu and assiko.

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1 Etymology
2 History
3 main artists Makossa
4 Notes and references
5 See also
- 5.1 Related Article
- 5.2 External link

Etymology

The expression Makossa comes from the DOUALA word Kosa , which literally means " peel!" . In a musical context, it is used as an invitation to dance. For the first time it would have been said by the artist Nelle Eyum at 1950s The word used as a noun ( dikosa ) and put in the plural gives makosu.

In issue 324 of the Afrique-Asie, published on Monday June 18, 1984 Francis Beebe says the following: “Closely associated with the city of Douala, makossa, like jazz, has no independent significance. The most common translation is semantic, <> means in Duala: "to dance", while <> is translated as falling; then Makossa would mean to join the dance, to be in the game"

History

Makossa's roots lie in the Sawa culture and its many musical styles, aided by widespread access to electricity and new musical equipment. Makossa was finally able to appear in the early 1950s. Makossa style was born in the 1950s, the first recordings were not made until ten years later. Artists such as Eboa Lotin, Miss Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango popularized the genre outside of Cameroon in the late 1960s. In addition, the many recreational areas where local liquor could be sipped offered local musicians the opportunity to express themselves. What made Makossa so successful in the early days was his ability to absorb and combine different musical genres. Thus, the influence of the Congolese rumba played a decisive role in the transformation of Makossa. Thanks to the all-powerful "Radio Leopoldville", rumba has become the most widely broadcast street music in Cameroon. In particular, the phrasing of the guitar in Makossa is inspired by the phrasing of the Congolese rumba. During the years of German and French colonization, the ideal of many was to become assimilated, which means to free themselves from the slags of a pure tribe. Guitarists who "travelled" return from Equatorial Guinea (little Paris) and the two Congos with rumba ideas (Golden Sword, etc.). It's modernity that meets Cabasele's L'African Jazz and Franco of OK Jazz of Congo. Together with the pie dancers returning from the sale of the fish of the day, they create the first fruits of what will be called makossa; a dance requiring imposing movements of the back, which religious people do not tolerate too much.

Other rhythms had a very big influence on Makossa. Among others, we can quote: Merengue from the Dominican Republic and High-Life from Ghana and Nigeria. Thus, makossa is a syncretism of various rhythms and influences. Thus, by combining these different rhythms with popular dances, groups such as Negro-Style, Uvocot Jazz (Union of Coastal Voices), Rythmic Band and Los Calvinos with Lobe Rameau, Mouel Guillaume, Ebanda Manfred, Nelle Eium at the helm helped establish Makossa as a standard musical style. Thus, makossa is the result of both internal and external influences.

If we had to synthesize makosa into a mathematical formula, it could be: Bolobo + Essevé + Assico Congolese + Merengue + Social life = Makossa.

The original Makossa was subsequently varied and adapted to rhythms fashionable for centuries. Thus, towards the end of the 60s, he was enriched by the integration of funk elements, the result of the Funky-disco influence on the music of James Brown, who in a few years would himself be a plagiarism of the singer André-Marie Tall. It was Manu Dibango who paved the way in 1972 with his Soul Makossa, which was a worldwide success and made Makossa famous all over the world. Inspired by Manu's example, several Cameroonian artists are integrating new rhythms into Makossa. It's like: Funky Makossa, Disco Makossa, Salsa Makossa, Soukouss Makossa, Jazz Makossa, Reggae Makossa, etc.

Main artists Makossa

Notes and links

↑ Paul Helmlinger, Dictionary duala-French followed by French-duala 9 Lexicon0069, Languages and Literature of Black Africa
↑ " John Room, on the birth of Makossa ", on youtube.com, February 11, 2013 (accessed September 7, 2015)
↑ Sami Ben Rejeb and Denis Shine, Pop Makossa, The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976-1984, CD Analog Africa No. 23, AACD 083 (2008)
↑ Jean Maurice NOA, Le Macossa - Contemporary African Music , Paris, L'Harmattan, 2010
↑ Arol Ketchiemen, Icons of Cameroonian Music , Douala, Muntu Issues, June 2018 , 286 pp. (ISBN 978-2-9562874-0-7, www.dulivrepourvivre.org) , pp. 21-24

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