Azonto Fiesta!

Who is having a ball in Beijing and getting her ass kicked in Chinese class?!
Me.
But I'm not complaining, in fact, I am doing the azonto often and with zest or as Ghanaians like to say with more vim! If you are human, breathe oxygen and can currently be located on Planet Earth and don't yet know what azonto is, I have 3 words for you. No 4. Get With the Program.
Here let me help a litte bit before I hand over the reigns to google. Azonto is an energetic dance that originated from Ghana (What what?!!) a few years ago. It is a combination of hand signals and leg movements that often have meanings. It has enjoyed a lot of global attention recently, here's a brief BBC exposé :  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18495493.

So in staying true to my roots, my motto for my stay in Beijing has been this :

With the help of Djayjuls (@Djayjuls on twitter) I have had a swell time this weekend with his Afro Beats Summer time Mix. You can find it here : http://www.mediafire.com/?higghfpnplcukhc

And now here is what I did at the Great Wall : Azonto!! 

'' Hama bo temi, Kw3le mamo bo temi...Check my swagger mama kw3le mamo bo temi'' Check my Swagger -EL

Here are a few other shots of the Great Wall and some souvenirs I got.

Chairman Mao (Mao Zedong - Founder of The People's Republic of China) has his name up on the hillside.

I got these provocative His and Hers Obama shirts for my dad and I. Twinsies anyone?! ^_^

A collection of Mao Zedongs's sayings. Chairman Mao is to China what Kwame Nkrumah is to Ghana.

For my mother :)