The WO! scene runs on Olamide's "Wo!!", and its dance side has grown out of Afro House. Meka Oku describes the style as rooted in Angola, built on footwork, grooves and musicality, and taught at every level. His classes run in New York City, and his tags point to a local class community around the style. A 2021 class to Olamide's "Tesina Pot" was filed under Afro House, AfroBeats and Dancehall, so the Nigerian pop and the dance floor are already the same room. Meka Oku's music is tagged with kuduro and electro too. Patience J's "Colours" for Breakin' Convention takes the same idea onstage, with a cast of 20 dancing modern Afro forms, including n'dombolo and azonto, to Afro-beat tracks.
Nothing new came into the WorldWidePop playlist this month. The six videos on it are the ones already standing, and the recent end of the list is mostly Olamide. Two of the newest entries are Olamide's "Science Student", danced by Sherrie Silver and by Patience J, and two are "Wo!!", danced by Reis Fernando and Phil Wright. Meka Oku's "GWARA GWARA" by L.A.X sits at the top. Phil Wright's wider archive is mostly US hip-hop and trap, so his "Wo!!" sits a little apart from the rest of his catalogue.
Commenters are writing in from Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana, with Nigeria clearly leading. Watch the New York class circuit and the Afro House crossover next. Those are the parts of this scene the notes can actually back up.
African music is the best in the whole wide world! Nobody turns up like we do! Salute to my Motherland!
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@LilliLamour
Lilly N. Girlllll any music by black people is 🔥
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@waarto1020
Lilly N. Tell them
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@antk9842
THE FACT THAT BTS WAS INSPIRED BY SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURE SUCH AS GWARA GWARA IS AMAZING
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@sweetstuff9985
Nothing was appropriated thank goodness. BH and/or BTS even mentioned that they were inspired by African culture, for their mv IDOL. One of the members even mentioned where the dance came from, "Gwara gwara".
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@mykiamoto7145
You mean appropriated?
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@beautybydashka9175
I would lose 20 pounds just by doing this choreography 😂😂
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@michaelsanders8961
you would, but you are on the couch watching it on a t.v.
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@AniSlashYT
Static Gaming no need to swear and get pissed😑
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@connellamoore8724
If youre not pulling a face whilst your dancing, are you really dancing though haha love how hype black people are. So much energy, its wild man. 👍🏾
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@thebridge5483
We are lit 🔥 no matter what they do to us we always be lit can’t keep Africa/Africans down we are the future
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@owenwebster5271
Literally all my black friends are the most funny hyper people ever
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@assatashakur3122
I so wanna experience this. You can take me out of Africa but you can't take the African out of my DNA!!!
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@assatashakur3122
T Society Vlogs 🗣️YOU CAN TAKE MY ANCESTORS OUT OF AFRICA BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE AFRICAN OUT OF MY DNA!!!🤣😘
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@LGnLA
+Missy X 💯❤❤❤❤❤
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@nikolinaantoniou3317
I’m here to see a proper afrobeat dance because tiktok confused me
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@nonexistent0
Nikolina Antoniou TikTok is deceiving everybodyyy🤣😭
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@kendramiller3069
Same im jamaican an i know that coudnt be the right dance it was too stiff
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@sahramohammed3068
Africa the gift that keeps on giving:)
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@1judahisrael682
Right!
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@capitalkingbourne8885
No wants to pay us...
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@adnajama6048
Here after BTS pulled the gwaragwara dance in IDOL! Iconic dance :))
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@adrianahernandezlizama7555
OMG!!!! I was about to say that!!!! They mentioned that during their live, that one of the steps they did was called Gwara Gwara!!!
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@queeny1881
Adna Jama ARMY
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@aymericzambo345
Ok whoever is the first dude PLEEEASEE come teach me ! your leg move! the whole thing was so on point ! the energy!!!
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@madidimalomalema8708
gwara gwara is a dance move. The leg move at 0:34
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@towojupatrick5947
What is gwara
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@cherllowe-johnson7630
African music is so on point--I don't know what the Artists are saying but it is usually about love, the heart, family, happiness. The vibe is always good & felt thru the dance energy. Timeless!
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@muahful
I am caribbean , sometimes my children and i cannot understand the language and enjoy the music everytime i play them.I totally agree with your comment.
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@leilatkashinde4004
Cherl Lowe-johnson affordable
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@MoonChild-yd3ez
I came after BTS IDOL mv .Honestly this dance form is so beautiful💜
African music is the best in the whole wide world! Nobody turns up like we do! Salute to my Motherland!
♥ 1,758Lilly N. Girlllll any music by black people is 🔥
♥ 36Lilly N. Tell them
♥ 12THE FACT THAT BTS WAS INSPIRED BY SOUTH AFRICAN CULTURE SUCH AS GWARA GWARA IS AMAZING
♥ 721Nothing was appropriated thank goodness. BH and/or BTS even mentioned that they were inspired by African culture, for their mv IDOL. One of the members even mentioned where the dance came from, "Gwara gwara".
♥ 148You mean appropriated?
♥ 69I would lose 20 pounds just by doing this choreography 😂😂
♥ 535you would, but you are on the couch watching it on a t.v.
♥ 8Static Gaming no need to swear and get pissed😑
♥ 5If youre not pulling a face whilst your dancing, are you really dancing though haha love how hype black people are. So much energy, its wild man. 👍🏾
♥ 648We are lit 🔥 no matter what they do to us we always be lit can’t keep Africa/Africans down we are the future
♥ 20Literally all my black friends are the most funny hyper people ever
♥ 7I so wanna experience this. You can take me out of Africa but you can't take the African out of my DNA!!!
♥ 596T Society Vlogs 🗣️YOU CAN TAKE MY ANCESTORS OUT OF AFRICA BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE AFRICAN OUT OF MY DNA!!!🤣😘
♥ 36+Missy X 💯❤❤❤❤❤
♥ 5I’m here to see a proper afrobeat dance because tiktok confused me
♥ 549Nikolina Antoniou TikTok is deceiving everybodyyy🤣😭
♥ 42Same im jamaican an i know that coudnt be the right dance it was too stiff
♥ 30Africa the gift that keeps on giving:)
♥ 459Right!
♥ 7No wants to pay us...
♥ 5Here after BTS pulled the gwaragwara dance in IDOL! Iconic dance :))
♥ 198OMG!!!! I was about to say that!!!! They mentioned that during their live, that one of the steps they did was called Gwara Gwara!!!
♥ 3Adna Jama ARMY
♥ 2Ok whoever is the first dude PLEEEASEE come teach me ! your leg move! the whole thing was so on point ! the energy!!!
♥ 241gwara gwara is a dance move. The leg move at 0:34
♥ 7What is gwara
♥ 1African music is so on point--I don't know what the Artists are saying but it is usually about love, the heart, family, happiness. The vibe is always good & felt thru the dance energy. Timeless!
♥ 208I am caribbean , sometimes my children and i cannot understand the language and enjoy the music everytime i play them.I totally agree with your comment.
♥ 5Cherl Lowe-johnson affordable
I came after BTS IDOL mv .Honestly this dance form is so beautiful💜
♥ 113Extra Suga on my Tae true and same ARMY!!
♥ 3Same here!
♥ 3How many Nigerians on here
♥ 107Right here!
♥ 1Ayyyyy!!! 👸🏾🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
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