Borborbor

Borborbor
Borborbor dance
OriginEwe of Ghana and Togo
Borborbor drummers.

Borborbor (also known as Akpese[1]) is a Ghanaian and Togolese traditional dance performed by the Ewe people from the Volta region of Ghana and Southern Togo , including Kpalime and Lomé.[2] The dance is performed especially during the festival of the chiefs and people of communities.[3] This dance is believed to have originated with Mr. Francis Kudzo Nuatro in the 1950s.[4] It's a cultural and social recreational dance performed by the Ewe people in the Volta Region of Ghana, an area north of the Anlo Ewe of southeastern Ghana and some Togolese.[5]

The borborbor music has been internationally recognized for the past half a century by Nketia, Jones, and Amu before spreading to the ends of Chernoff, Agawu, Avorgbedor, Burns, Fiagbedzi, Dor, Pantaleoni, Locke, and many others.[6]

History of Borborbor

Costumes

The dance is mainly female-based, and they wear colorful long garments with two white handkerchiefs[7]

References

  1. ^ Arthur, Benson (2025-10-18). "Borborbor is not twerking but safeguarding the pride of Ewe heritage". The Business & Financial Times. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  2. ^ Tomar, Kunal (2017-12-16). "BORBORBOR DANCE - GHANA: An African Tribal Dance - Page 3 of 4 - DanceAsk". Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. ^ "Hogbetsotso Festival". www.travel-to-discover-ghana.com. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ^ GNA (2020-07-27). "Remembering Francis Kodzo Nuatro, Borborbor Originator and Icon". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ^ "Borborbor has nothing to do with twerking - Efadzinam Borborbor Band clarifies". GhanaWeb. 2025-04-25. Archived from the original on 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  6. ^ "Prologue: Nothing Has Been Done Before". Nothing Has Been Done Before: 1–14. 2017. doi:10.5040/9781501322051.0003.
  7. ^ "Borborbor dance in Ghana". Local Guides Connect. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
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