JallowBah:

Not gambian dance, but african traditional dance in general. The a*s-shaking, the whine, even the twerk. They do that in the bush, and they did not watch and learn from youtube

who learned it from youtube? or am i misinterpreting this?

Must be because Jamaicans been dancing this way since the slave trade hun .
We learned from the best: Kongo ppls (Angolan/congolese).

Like I said, I can identify many AA dances and their origins in west africa.
While caribbean and latin american dances are heavily influenced by central africans.

and btw there is no "general" dancing style as each tribe/region have their own moves.

*Kails*:


awe thanks sis!!

and speaking of African influence...

check out this video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpQev_HikXk

@6:49 and 9:40
^^i see the origin of Dancehall, Merengue, Salsa, Romba, Samba; etc.

I must say that Haitians, Jamaicans and Brazilians are most obvious in their being influenced by their Kongo ancestors.

AAs are more influenced by sahelian cultures.

*Kails*:


@6:49 and 9:40
^^i see the origin of Dancehall, Merengue, Salsa, Romba, Samba; etc.

I must say that Haitians, Jamaicans and Brazilians are most obvious in their being influenced by their Kongo ancestors.

AAs are more influenced by sahelian cultures.

Kail it's great learning from you the part of Africa the different blacks across the ocean (AAs, Brazilians, Jamaicans) hail mostly from. I see some blacks across involve in some traditional stuffs that blow my mind and have me wondering and thinking "are they not even being too African than we Africans and overdoing things" because some of those stuffs are things I am not interested in. I guess they were merely practising what their ancestors brought along from these african countries you are mentioning as I don't know the cultures of those other countries well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6fuHgqxCA

I dont care for headtop dancing...you know it hate it!

but these two girls are among the best headtop dancers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BG7SDf0Vew


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tao5s_3ifRw

^^you might want to turn the volume...that dj kept yelling.

Ivynwa:

Kail it's great learning from you the part of Africa the different blacks across the ocean (AAs, Brazilians, Jamaicans) hail mostly from. I see some blacks across involve in some traditional stuffs that blow my mind and have me wondering and thinking "are they not even being too African than we Africans and overdoing things" because some of those stuffs are things I am not interested in. I guess they were merely practising what their ancestors brought along from these african countries you are mentioning as I don't know the cultures of those other countries well.

Absolutely.
there are some things we do in the caribbean that we got from africa, that not even some africans do anymore lol. i am sure there was a tribe somewhere that did headtop...but today you won't see it. Perhaps it could be because of colonialism or just it being viewed as taboo or too raunchy as time went on. SOME dances though, we obviously made up or added to.

again with the congolese, the women tend to make gestures near their private area lol and we do it too.. the difference is while they will make gestures some caribbean/latin women actually touch theirs LOL. so it's very interesting to see the similarities as well as note the differences.

epic.

angel doing the head top and dutty wine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2mPJZ4n3jg

*Kails*:


Absolutely.
there are some things we do in the caribbean that we got from africa, that not even some africans do anymore lol. i am sure there was a tribe somewhere that did headtop...but today you won't see it. Perhaps it could be because of colonialism or just it being viewed as taboo or too raunchy as time went on. SOME dances though, we obviously made up or added to.

again with the congolese, the women tend to make gestures near their private area lol and we do it too.. the difference is while they will make gestures some caribbean/latin women actually touch theirs LOL. so it's very interesting to see the similarities as well as note the differences.

Darkie tell me more about the bolded, what kind of gestures? Do you mean like "swearing by that part of the body" kind of thing. I am hearing this for the first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHOUIOxBQFk

A very flexible dancer we 've got here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfv4z25txnU&list=ULdldYI-jTjFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nT-XsRSg4

Happy new year Jallow. Ought to have replied ur mail but when i wanted to do that couldn't find ur last mail. Will search for it later. Girl I've got plenty sweet music to share, i'm limited by the phone i'm browsing wt. Will post them as soon as I can. Where is Darkskin & the new dancehall songs i asked her to post for me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u367Dyd_fk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwFyKf4y8l8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_czJ0IkQwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7uyzEr8IQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDuAYv2yqa8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzBmieIrGS4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJGTBtkOx8

@Ivy is that Faye Ann Lyons in your profile?!

I looooove her!!!!

anyway here is a present for you hun!!

https://www.nairaland.com/1057316/beauty-la-isla-876-women/76#14337792

JallowBah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJGTBtkOx8

Gademmit!!

JALLOWBAH!!!!

JallowBah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nT-XsRSg4

THIS IS MY SHYT!!!

Look @ my 876 sisters repping other islands!! that's what you call love!!
even though they hate on us @ times!

Ivynwa: Where is Darkskin & the new dancehall songs i asked her to post for me?

ermmm...uh!! erm...see what had happened was...

anyway another rachet video coming up!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE4ImFqNm2I

MsDarkSkin: @Ivy is that Faye Ann Lyons in your profile?!

I looooove her!!!!

anyway here is a present for you hun!!

https://www.nairaland.com/1057316/beauty-la-isla-876-women/76#14337792

I like Fay too and just love those poses of hers.
I like her (Bunji Garlins)husband's music more though. Here's his newest song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wIceAz0xI8

Lovely song.

Know what, Fay-ann's father Super Blue won the Soca Monarch and Road March

Yeah Jallow's recent post are too hot to handle.

Thanks for the songs and hot pixs you posted for me at your thread. You sure know that I like hot pictures and when mixed with sweet music------gosh girl
I will storm the rest of your thread soon and will also be back here to check out that last music you have it seems hot like Jallow's too Lol.

YES!! please do come through any time sis!
miss ya!!

i have one more for you tho!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9hlBtpc6c

that girl can MOVE!! she's the same chick
as the "gyal dem roll" video.

brb.

this is also featuring tanisha (sean paul seems to like her in his videos! )
along with another Jamo Canadian known as Ponytailz...i'll post more of her as well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4TW5Z8eu0

^she's the one in the shorts dancing with the guy and Katrina aka Ponytailz
is the one with the ponytailz lol. - obviously!

^^@ 2:38 you can really see the central african influence in dancehall

ponytailz


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqhddMoyPOk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MmW_GOFS8I

women from the french caribbean island known as Martinuqe doing jjamaican dancehall moves.

Shisha is NICE! But she went to compete in the Jamaican dancehall queen competition and got destroyed!! big ups to her for trying tho. she's still a baaaad mamajama!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCmqYcsZiZg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMqlxoqmmek

more martinique mammis to come!!

more martinique babes:
videos from the Blazin Dance Crew


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfuUdN5S4p4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeKd85bEMhw

they are nice!!
i think the twins are the best dancers of the group (the first video)

Jah reppin Guadeloupe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNIFR6XieBM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TUXp2e-uWQ

that girl? SHE GOT IT!!!!

*thinking* i am loving the Jamo influence!!
not to be boasy but nobody can deny Jamaicans are some influential ppl mehn!

Ivynwa:

Darkie tell me more about the bolded, what kind of gestures? Do you mean like "swearing by that part of the body" kind of thing. I am hearing this for the first time.

lol. no i mean like, you know how in the congolese video i posted the chicks were making hand gestures around and to their privates . well, in the caribbean we do the same thing.

central african women are the only ones i've seen who do this (including cameroon) so evidently that's where we got it from.

what makes Jamaican dancers different from central african women is our acrobatic styles.