Soul train is the name given to
one of the local night clubs. Those of you who know me well will realise that 3
visits in 7 months to a ‘club’ is more than I managed in the UK past the age of
21. In addition, at the age of 36, dancing till 4.30 in the morning should be something
I stopped years ago… it’s wrinkle inducing.
At this age I need my sleep. Still, with western entertainment limited in
the northern regions of Ghana, the club is the place for the solomeas to try
and master (mostly unsuccessfully) this Ghanaian
dance craze – at least we have fun trying!
The club has a nice outside area reminiscent of clubs in southern Europe
which isn’t really used, a small air conditioned dance floor inside which still
manages to leave you damper than the 40 degree daytime temperatures and a very
small super air conditioned VIP area which leaves you freezing. Dancing in general in Africa is amazing to
watch, both modern and traditional. It
seems that if you have black skin you possess an innate ability to dance incredibly
well, but yet at the same time, in some instances, barely move. We
simply don’t have this ability on the whole. Case in point is Azonto; Ghanaians
dance Azonto and volunteers (whilst trying to copy the Ghanaian standing next
to them) can only manage to dance the ‘chicken dance’, adopt the ‘Dad dance’ or
break out into aspects of 80’s pop dancing… it’s truly torturous to take part
in…. highly amusing for the Ghanaians…just goes to show; entertainment is
provided for all at soul train!
Check out the link to see how it
should be done…
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