President Obama Shows Off Dance Moves With Popstar, Sauti Sol & Kenya President During Dinner
Posted by Odinaka on Mon 27th Jul, 2015 - tori.ng
President Obama didnt spend time discussing serious issues in Kenya. But he also found time to boogie with some of the country's most famous pop stars. Watch President Obama do the Lipala dance.
During the U.S President's visit to his fatherland, Four-man pop group, Sauti Sol performed at a State House dinner hosted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who joined President 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.