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  • People need to do their Homework before saying something.

  • she put them in her video

  • She made a documentary where she had the dancers from Africa teach her the dance

  • the most of the people who lives in american are originary from europe or africa

  • Who said she was wrong for doing it? All this person is doing is pointing out the facts so everyone needs to chill out

  • So what when we dance 9/10 we got it from somewhere else. Why is it wrong when she does it? Ppl all over you tube are teaching each other how to "dougie". Our first lady was even doing it! We cover each others songs...so, I ask again, "why is it wrong when Beyonce does it?"

    This is how you can spot a hater...

    Broadcast OTHERS failures and whisper THEIR success.

    Get a life.

  • @Edbelljac Its two different things , she's cLaiming it as her " OWN " when we dougie , everyone knows we didn't come up with it .

  • Good job

  • That's Actually them in her Video...

  • she is african any ways

  • @mbararagal nahh she is not

  • @mbararagal LOL beyonce is Haitian...

  • lol the person who took the time to make this video is making me laugh lol...even if you didnt see the behind the scenes where she flew them over from africa...ARE YOU THAT BLIND THAT YOU DIDNT EVEN SEE THE TWO GUYS RIGHT NEXT TO HER IN THE VIDEO LOL

  • Beyonce Flew These People Over To America To Teach Her The Dance.. She Didnt Just Watch The Video and 'Copy'..

  • @flygerian100

    would you like to share that evidence? most of us are curious you know...

  • @merikareimhotep She actually did- there was a video on the making of it, that explained that she sent people over to find them. =)

  • @flygerian100 its called inspriation

  • THIS IS BULLSHIT!! beyonce got them to teach her those dance moves! Do your fucking research. The to guys on the outside of the African dancers are the guys in her film clip! Beyonce got them to do the choreography. She didn't copy no body

  • What is the song at the end of the video, played around 3mins 19secs or so? Would love to know.

  • for more search  bolder gazet van antwerpen

  • I wonder if the same amount of energy they put into these celebrities... do they put that much energy in GOD. SMH... celebrities are human they will died but GOD will always be and we will meet Him on Judgment Day.. yall better choose wisely on who ya want to worship. Not saying beyonce or any other artist is bad. just keeping it real

  • B is a coo singer. dance nah.. originality nah. so unoriginal. I dont care if you take some1 shit just as long as u 1. get their permission n 2. give them their credits. which she clear does not do. So 2 me she is not all dat fuckn great. ppl sitting here getting all butt hurt 4 a woman who don't know yall. let her steal a song or dance ya worked very hard on n she takes it n said she wrote it/made it up ya would be pissed. she is wrong for what she is doing. she is not the only one either

  • beyonce said in a documentary that she flew in tofo tofo to teach her the dance. she never took credit for it

  • @kacyee 4778 she is not embrassinging africa so juss shush

  • Oh my life - watch the documentary. Theyre the same boys as in her video. None of the proffesional dancers could grasp the moves so she changed their lives and put them in the video. WOW shocking -_- shes black why is it so shocking that shes embrassing africa?

  • @XXTEMPLE is there a way to get the song? because its AMAZING!!!!

  • i like it this is too good thanks for the post

  • who did the beat before the song i love it where can i listen all the instrumental?

  • AFRICANS ROCK, WE ALL ROCK

  • what is the song that the tofo guys dance too. i love that beat

  • yea shes african around the hatian area

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  • I think she meant..... AFRICAN girls run the world.

  • lol she is afican oraginaly u know that,,all black they came from africa bbbz proud 2 be!!

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  • I LOVE THIS

  • Mozambique is the most beautiful country in the world!

  • Im more interested in the intro track than the dance moves... the producers .. please let me know where i can buy your music im a club promoter in the US and would love to play your beats with an african swing ... LOVE it.. please let me know... im so serious...

    DJ Dajour

  • i like this

  • Beyonces Is Slower To Go With The Beat Yes The Beat Is Faster But They're On One Beat With The Dance If You Can Understand THat But I Love It I Think She Did A Great Job And What She Did Was Really Nice

  • BEYONCE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN LADY ITS NORMAL TO LOVE HER ROOTS AFRICA!

  • WATCH beyonce - year of 4 :))

  • WELL MY OPINION BEYONCE AINT REALLY COPIED NOONE SHE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEM SO THEY KAN MAKE THE VIDEO AND IF YOU LOOK CLEARLY THE TWO GUYS IN THE ACTUAL VIDEO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN YO TOFO VIDEO

  • ko si o my dear!a le nu ponponpon..SWAG-Sumfin We Africans Got.....

  • I love my african culture to the bone.no matter where I be, I'll represent my swag. Ta lo le nu bi africa!

  • Awesome group

  • She actually had her team search for the ToFo ToFo dance members and flew them in to teach her the dance moves bc their culture is too unique to be taught by just anyone. I DIG the AFRICAN SWAG. You like the dance moves you should try the food!... RICH BLOOD!

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  • No wonder beyoncè loved them soo much! I would too :)

  • They taught her the dance idiot!! Take a break from hating!

  • what's the title of the song in this video?

  • Woohoo Mozambique Love the Dance Moves :)

  • Love Africa! Nice beyonce just sauront for u to make a tour there!!

  • All of you who hate on someone else means you hate something about yourself...look that up!

  • @Bkayify I know one thing, you won't reveal yourself you goon lol If you're half her size you're starving out here hahahaha

  • @Bkayify Yeah you're an idiot for sure. Foolish one i'm not a fan of her, but I know talent when I see it. You're obsessed and angry out here. Then it's obvious you have a bias against black Americans because you resorted to more nonsense once again. Look you little ugly misshaped goon, fix your wig and sit your angry self down somewhere. If she's fat, then I know for sure you are a FOOL. Go play in mud that's what you're used to anyhow you goon.

  • Big up Africa love you mother Africa where all life came from. Mwaaaaaa

  • Tofo Tofo; keep dancing and influence the world; Who run the world ; Africa ! If Africa didn't then dance would die. Yes, Moron Americans will say Moron statements.

    I am so ecstatic to see any dance video you are featuring. Great Men to travel and KEEP dancing and bring the riches back to the villages. Then you have done something GREAT

  • @Bkayify You're an idiot plain and simple. I don't converse with fools. Grown up already and get a life. Who said I was American or even black you ashy foot having bastard. Fools often resort to nonsense because the point they're trying to bring home is invalid. Go play in the mud.

  • beautiful

  • Well if you wouldve watch her lil thinq on tv , you would know tht those two in the front were the dancers . And they tauqht her the moves !

  • The two dancers in front of her are actually from Tofo Tofo, it took them 4 months to find them, they taught her the dance, and then shot the video with her

  • lmao! from the comments on the video its like these folks dont know that beyonce is BLACK...wtf who SHOULDNT she be intrested in african culture??? FOH! *rolls eyes*

  • @reeseleebaby Nobody said she shouldn't be interested... did you get this impression by reading the comments ?? lol

  • The lineage of the bloodline is traced through the ''mother'' not the father! People don't know that Beyonce's grandmothe is 100 percent Caucasian, which means Beyonce mother is Caucasian who had a black father also like Beyonce now who has a black father. You are what your mother is. That being said you can actually conclude that Beyoncey is Caucasian which is why her voice is not as strong as 100 % black artist like Jennifer Hudson and Patti Labelle.

  • @tivon3

    who the f*** cares what her or any other persons ethinicity's ancestry is? If we are to take an ancestral view then there is no reason to stop at grand parents or great grandparents, and we would end up with the fact that we all have african roots. We all have the same bloodline. Now just enjoy the dance and the song.

  • @tivon3 I guess that makes me Caucasian too......NOOOOOOOOT!!!

  • @reeseleebaby WTF hahahahah that's obvious that Beyonce is black skinned and every knows that but she's not from Africa and she doesn't know what African culture is , so she is interested in the African culture and wants to know more about it ** makes faces**

  • So what! Why is it so amazin to you that she love african dance and tradition, it should be somethin normal, not extraordinary

  • Ummm yea duh she flew them to her so they could teach her the dance and those are the 2 on the video!!! So dont make it sound like she is stealing their dancwe moves!!! Do your research

  • the group tofo tofo are the two dancers with her in run the world!..

  • Whats track called at the start of the video?

    I love it

  • @julienazria We composed the track at the start of the video!! We are music producers. Thanks for your comment :)

  • @XXTEMPLE can i download it somewhere?

  • Whats track called at the start of the video?

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  • she steals everybody moves smh

  • They tought her the dance.. she even honored them basically... she was so amazed by their energy and talent. The point is no we can watch the video "year 4" and understand!!!!

  • hahahaha i just have some fun when the guy that did this video lose the game

  • man u such a noob, beyonce actually had the idea of the african thingy on her head before she started the video, then she rang thiese guys to be on her video

  • true ive seen the BEYONCE year 4....

  • Um you do know that the guys dancing in front of her are the tofo tofo guys...

  • Awesome fusion of two cultures to send the same message! Tolu tolu is awesome and so is beyonce!

  • SOME PEOPLE OVER REACT ON THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT, IT'S LIKE SHAKIRA WHEN SHE STARTED, SHE WASN'T BELLY DANCING ALL THE TIME, SHE GOT IN TOUCH WITH HER ROOTS AND CULTURE ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO. LOOK AT HER VIDEO: YO SOY ASI...SHE'S NOT BELLY DANCING...AS AN ARTIST IF YOU DON'T REINVENT YOURSELF YOU WILL STAY AT THE BOTTOM...I'M SURPRISE J.LO's BACK UP AGAIN. AFTER THE TWIN KIDDOS I NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD COME BACK...BUT WITH ALL THOSE COMMERCIALS WHO WOULDN'T RIGHT! RE-INVENT

  • PLEASE LOOK AT THE VIDEO BEFORE COMMENTING, SHE FLEW THE GUYS IN TO TEACH HER THE DANCE, YES SHE COPIED THEIR DANCE MOVES, THAT WAS THE POINT, CUZ HER SONG HAS AFRICAN BEATS. FOR SOME REASON NONE OF HER DANCERS COULD DO IT JUST LIKE THEM. SO SHE PAID TO FIND THEM, & FLY THEM IN, TO TEACH HER AND HER DANCERS. IF SHE'S GETTING INTOUCH WITH HER ROOTS OR CULTURE WELL BE IT. SHE'S A GROWN WOMAN, AND RULES THE WORLD, WHY NOT? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER DO THE CHA-CHA, MAMBO, CUMBIA, QUEBRADITA...WHY NOT?

  • @agelessgia ahahaha love ur comment, i ws jst about to write sthing like this...ppl are jst stuuupid for making comments about how she copied it...pfffffff

  • @agelessgia Yes you're right. And she did the right thing to flew them in..well it also helped that none of her dances could do the dance ;) if you read the comments, you will learn about Tofo Tofo and where they have inspired their dances from. it's all about knowledge. African culture is being borrowed too many time in pop culture, and it never get credit for it. Tofo Tofo are far from the only african choregraphers that sees their dances moves in today's music video. Nothing against Beyonce

  • @XXTEMPLE she did credit them.....

  • @XXTEMPLE Aside from the moves of Tofo Tofo, if we (African-Americans & Afro-Caribbeans) descend from Africa won't we have similar dance moves? When we do these moves it is not that we are not trying to give credit where credit is due, but they are seen as OUR moves.If you learned whinin (the last dance clip) growin up you are not goin 2 say you are African dancin if you never been to Africa or never seen an African dance. So while u may c African moves mayb the person who made it up sees it dif

  • @agelessgia yu better let these gwerls know!! #yaass

  • Y'all might wanna check ur sources before jumping into conclusions.

    She called the guys and flew them to L.A they taught the dance and they even in the video dancing next to her. SMH.

  • At the end of the day she called they taught, she paid , they left end of story

  • yall are making this into something totally different , beyonce saw that video of them && loved it .. it took her 4 months to find them & she did.. she flew them in & THEY taught her the dance . wth is the problem ? they are in the video , they taught her the dance .. if you watched the show you would see that she actually love those guys.. just get your facts straight before you post something on the web talk bad about someone .. thanks

  • @dyme90210 i agree with you!!!! watch beyonce's special on her EVO page.. she explains everything!!

  • @dyme90210 Beyonce flew Tofo Tofo to shoot her video. That's cool, we all knew that. However, do you realized how many more african dances are in this video ? Probably not! During her performances for "Run the World" and "the end of time", she dances african steps like coupe decale, ndombolo and so on. You probably didnt know..So , this video is mainly to show how much African culture is now part of the mainstream pop culture: the clothes, the dances moves, the concept. Nothing against Beyonce !

  • @XXTEMPLE actually , EVERY artist gets their inspiration from somewhere , whether its another country , another person or thing . so the fact that she is doing these african dances is okay , who else in America is doing them? thats the whole point , to bring her fans something that no one else is doing , MOST non-africans wouldnt know about those dances you named , thanks to beyonce , we do .. it just seemed like you were trying to put her out & i didnt like that

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  • Beyonce mentioned tofu tofu a lot of times she even booked them

  • yes and that's tofo tofu who is dancing with her,!! hope they get more chances because of beyonce!!

  • they are the same guys in the vid

  • actually ,beyonce didnt copy TofoTofo .. She found them & they flew to America from home to show her their dances for her new video ! - bcause she was a huge fans of their dance moves ; sooooo . they came & they gawt some choreography goin own ( ;

  • @nenoowns--she did get it from them

  • actually that is eskista she's doing at the end..its african as well ethiopian

  • Ummmm HELLO for all you nobodies wo is bashing Beyonce and saying we americans dont give credit to Africans ----> Beyonce made a documentary on how she found this African group and loved te way they daNCED and she actually PUT them in her video ... its not like she just took their dances. && bfore you say anything else dumb ... just know that she asked these Africans to teach her and they did ... she didn't steal anything -_____-

  • they were on the video with her , she asked them to do her video

  • sisi je suis fier d etre africaine nous avons tant de chose a partager tellement de richesse

  • iM Sure This is Why She Had Two African Dancers on her Side in The Video. ppl r so stupid.

  • @blackboysports wtf? Beyonce is full black not half black, so what u on? She's always said she was black, never half.

  • my god people are embarrassing...do your freakin research before all hell breaks loose. Beyonce hired two dancers from Tofo Tofo for her video...so silly.

  • she's half african/black so Beyonce try do her best side she anti dumb. It would be funny if she dance like white ppl smh!

  • Who runs the world ? AFRICA

  • beyonce deserves a trial

  • Beyonce should be shamefull of copiing african artist!!

    she deserves a trial

  • You guys are fucking retards beyonce contacted them , and they taught her that dance , two of the guys from tofo tofo are in there .. -___-

  • @TheFASHIONESTA S2244, The guy on the middle and the guy on the left are on Beyonce's video of Who run the world. If you look closely, you see them at 1:03 of the video. Beyonce went to Africa and saw this group and she loved their dance. These guys are from Mozambique. Gotta love Africa, that's where dance moves originate.

  • @sharifakato i am from africa......SORRY

  • the two guys in Beyonce video are tofo tofo from Mazambique.

  • Great video, and forget the haterz!!!!!

  • damn africa

  • she had two of dem n the video dancing wit her... the two dudes @ da beginning of da video...

  • tbh i aint sure about this but i dont see how and why they would copy beyonce bt i believe se copied them

  • Btw just thought I mention that the dance at the beginning of her video is actually the Ethiopian dance called "eskista"... with the hands on hips and shaking of shoulders and hair ;) check it out

  • THEY look like black devos lol

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 interesting point of view ;)

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 Africans have been dancing like this since before beyonce was famous so you can screw...

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 You fucking arrogant cheeky slag...2 of the 3 guys in this video are in Beyonce's video of 'run the world' which FYI she personally asked for. They where flown in from South Africa so they could lead the first part of the video when she dances with the two guys. Get your facts right before you talk instead of making yourself look like a twat.

  • @childog123 OH MY BAD..I DIDN'T KNOW :'( SORRY I THOUGHT THE MEANING OF THIS VIDEO WAS BEYONCE' COPYING THEM SORRY

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244, For your information, It's not that Africans are bragging. Even when I saw that video, I recognized the African dances in it. If Beyonce does not have a problem with it, neither should you. The least you could do is at least research it before calling it stupid......

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 .. how she can t ! u r so STUPID!!! pfff

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 ...do a reseach with the name TOFO TOFO !!! video on youtube since 2009 for some .. so Beyonce made the video since 2009 ... ???? big ass stupid

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 dumb ass she even said she copied them and she asked them

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 on mtv for Beyonce 4 she clearly said...she got her dance ideas from the africans and so she flew them over for them to be in her video..

  • @2muchfreshizzle--THANK YOU!!

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244--look at her special on MTV OR BET and she said she seen them a year ago and was fascinated with their dance and decided to use it with her next album..and if you LOOK closely you will see that is them in her video..FUCKING GENIUS

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 actually if you go check out beyonces video on vevo called year of 4,you will she she did copy them

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 - Just check the "year of 4" on MTV and you will see when Beyoncé meet this guys, and how the teach her to do this dance...

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 She rlly Loved their dance moves . she tried to teach it to the other dancers but the couldn't get it right so she called tofo tofo to teach it to them, and the guys that she was dancing with are in the group tofo tofo.She said it in her interview on Bet.

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 actually byonce inspired from afrcan dances

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244

    Lol those guys are actually in Beyonce's video. She hired them after watching that video. Duh.

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 LOL you just got pwned in beyonces new video year 4. like you just lost the game horribly.

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 So you obviously haven't seen her video where she has these guys come in and teach her the moves and actually had them in the girls video with her.....

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 look you where wrong we are right the 2 boys dancing with beyonce are from the tofo tofo vidieo clip and she wanted them to come to her to teach them how to dance like that and its a win win because they get to be in the vidieo clip and have a good time and beyonce learns how to do the dance and have a good time with them

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 of course they copied her.. shut the fuck up if you don't know nothing.. watch YEAR OF 4 is a Beyonce documental

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 those guys were dancing like that in 2009 and beyonce run the world came out in 2011...think about it how can someone copy something from the future...???dont be stubborn please...and she didnt copy.they worked because 2 of those dancers in yellow are in her video...it is a collaboration

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244 actually she did copy them i don't really like using that word because on the show year 4 she flew them there for them to teach her

  • @marzyonline WOW...thankyou atleast someone understands..me i did not say she copied them i thought they copied beyonce so please stop..just stop

  • @TheFASHIONESTAS2244...SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW..k i didn't know at first so people i am only 12 give me some respect i just did not know sorry

  • you know it is the same dance but if she do that dance and then sell the cd with that song on it and when people buy she gets a-lot of money and the money that she does get could be sent to africa i mean we really dont know so dont judge because we dont know only way to know is to ask her but were not famous so we cant ask her

    (No Homo Just Saying)

  • She wud make a good African movie especially those nigerian ones

  • We need more women to wear African attire with pride. If Beyonce is starting that trend as a celebrity. Then if it takes off it can only mean more business and money for black designers and the recognition they deserve.

  • @64spenser Please Beyonce doesn't have any pride in being African,if she did she wouldn't be busy making herself look evn mo lighter than she is.She did the whole African shoot thing for attention,why has it taken her so long to express her "love" for Africa?She wants people to go,wow she'd make such a beautiful African-maybe in Nigeria or Mozambique where they don't have women that are more prettier than Beyonce,in South Africa we don't buy that,we have women who are so prettier than her & she

  • @bkayify I hear you bkayify. I went to South Africa two years ago and yes the women are pretty there,. I have also had the opportunity to meet other African ladies from Ghana, Botswana, Uganda, Namibia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Somalia, Ethiopia, Angola, Nigeria and the Caribbean, you can tell I live in London. They to have amazed me with their beauty. For me any positive promotion or presentation of Africa is a good thing, be that fashion, music, food, art, film or history...

  • @bkayify Stay off of youtube listening to clips that tell you all of these fantastic tales about folks joining the Illuminati and other secret societies. You're an idiot just as I thought. Bring me facts or shut the hell up. You can't come with facts because you have none.

  • @smutton The word of God is all the facts i need.Get ur lyf ryt and keep frm telling lies

    "i don't even like Beyonce you idiot".Who are u kididng? She's got u under her freaky spell and i do feel sorry for u despite all the name calling. But i understand, it's wh@ those who cnt contribute positively 2 the success of America r good @,they dnt hv the brains 2 come up with anything bt swear words,a disgrace really.

  • @bkayify You're an idiot and more than likely 21. You're going to sit here and tell me who and what I like now? Like I said you have no facts with your brainwashed young self. Go read a book and get offline already.

  • What's the deal here? All I can say is at least she's doing something cool; getting some dance moves and broadcasting it to the wider world. More please!

  • my only suggest....make the point of your video clear before posting it, that's what school si supposed to teach us, to clarify our points. I'm seeing the point of english class more and more because of this. Don't get me wrong, not bashin you in anyway, but i can see how ppl take it the wrong way. My friend told me about this video and i was pissed off cuz i thought "wow....another person hating on Beyonce, what else is new" but i see that your video is not intended to be like that

  • @bkandsk :)

  • you are dead wrong Tofo Tofo is not from Mozambique its actually from South Africa and the dance is called Pantsula Jive. South African and very proud.

  • @bkandsk calm yourself down... she liked Tofu tofu's video... she contacted them and put them in her video! End of story. Don't be mad if Tofutofu knows nothing about Pantsula or whatever u call it. Bey never wanted pantsula in her video... she wanted Tofu tofu's interpretation.

  • She absolutely messed up Pantsula by putting a know-nothing-about-Pantsula group that let her dance the style naked (something that is not done in Pantsula). If she had asked Trompies or Alaska,the real amaPantsula, to feature in her stupid song they wouldn't have let a naked fat lady to dance Pantsula. People who should be getting anything out of that dance being used are Trompies or Alaska. The video and the song are terrible and on top she gives credit to some Mozambiquan nobodies