“With the African, the dance is always an important consideration during the performance of music. He enjoys dancing and likes to express himself through it at a variety of social functions – at funerals as well as weddings, in times of crisis as well as on happy occasions. Such is the prestige of dancing that in some African societies chiefs are expected to dance at public functions, while priests and messengers of the gods are similarly expected to  to perform special dances on occasions of worship.”

Nana J. H. Kwabena Nketia