President
Barack Obama spent much of his time in Kenya on serious issues such as
gay rights, but also found time to boogie with some of the country's
most famous pop stars.
Four-man
group Sauti Sol performed at a State House dinner hosted by Kenyan
president Uhuru Kenyatta, who joined Obama and the musicians on stage
for a dance.
The
dancers, accompanied by Kenyatta's wife Margaret Kenyatta, National
Security Adviser Susan Rice and Obama's half-sister Auma, performed the
Lipala dance that has recently taken the country by storm.
A
traditional dance, the Lipala has enjoyed renewed popularity after being
reworked by Sauti Sol earlier this year in their song Sura Yako.
The
song, which translates to English from Swahili as 'Your Face' and
praises a woman's beauty, became a quick hit due to its catchy melody
and people posting videos of themselves dancing it on YouTube.
'To
the right to the left, to the left,' Sauti Sol group leader Bien-Aimé
Baraza is heard telling the president when he asked how to do the dance.
Attendees at a State House dinner in Nairobi saw US President Barack Obama join Sauti Sol on stage for their hit song Sura Yako.
Daily Mail.
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