Golden Crab Productions

Dancing is a joyful exercise. It is over 25 years I took interest to research and examine the importance of dancing particularly, African dance. And to my biggest surprise, MENS SANA DANCE, which I once ridiculed when I was a child caught my attention and interest from its historical point of view and importance.

800 years ago, some African natives from the then Oyo, Benin, Atta Kwame and Ewe empires developed and introduced a war dance known as ATRIKPUI. Its main aim and objective was to train, encourage and to strengthen them for their nomadic, conquest and occupational benefits and also for their wars.

Today, all these war dances are transformed and interpreted as cultural and social types of dances for gatherings and festivities. Making it easier for the natives to touch their historical past and culture of importance.

But MENS SANA DANCE has a hidden agenda and importance. It has extreme health benefits and as such, steps ahead of all other native and modern dances. For example, it stimulates good blood circulation, burns calories, helps weight loss and helps to release toxins from the body that can cause pain and ill-health (lymphatic drainage).

MENS SANA DANCE is addictive and urges everyone on to dance it. It is edifying, informative and entertaining which encourages the young, old and adults to becoming part of its benefiting culture. It is so well designed to help her dancers to further reinforce their social and cultural inheritance.

MENS SANA DANCE has no special platform and costume and it is not only an outdoor pursuit. It can be danced solo and in a group. The ritualistic sound of the music and drums come together to create a healthy synchronised soundness of both the mind and the body. Giving its name, Mens Sana in Corporo sano, meaning, A sound mind in a sound body.

The first five minutes is a montage of shots cum audio and video intro of the dance in Reggae – explaining the history and importance
Twenty two minutes of a well choreographed continuous dancing dressed in beautiful native costume
Three minutes of audio and video credits.

THE HUMAN ANATOMY a 45 – 60 minute educative, informative and dual language (English and Twi – it is the present language of the Akans in Ghana. And the Akans are the Ashantis, Akims, Denkyiras, Akwapims, Kwahus, Fantes etc. people and tribes of the nation) documentary.
Its aim is to educate and encourage the lost language to help the coming generation and all those who want to further their studies and research into the language. It also names all the given parts, organs, glands, enzymes and juices in and of the body in their equivalent names and meanings. This documentary is full of philosophical and social secrets and meanings from the founding fathers point of view and historical importance. YOU CAN’T MISS THIS!

(DVD) THE AFRICAN DEMOCRACY a thirty-minute documentary across the continent asking if, democracy in Africa is a Curse or Blessing to the African CHILD! And if it is a CURSE why, and if it is a BLESSING how? It is a cross-section view of Africa at a glance backed by hurting pictures which is calling her leaders to do better. POWERFUL AND SORROWFUL!