USA’s President Barack Obama ‘Sauti Sol Lipala Dance’ Takes the World by Storm! Oh Wow, You Will Not Believe Which International Media Houses Focused On Them
Sauti Sol, Kenyan multi-award winning band, have yet again made global headlines by making USA President Barack Obama break into a jig during his much anticipated trip to Kenya.
Sauti Sol were performing at a State House dinner event hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta, in honour of President Obama’s visit to Kenya (25th July 2015).
A picture of Sauti Sol hugging and shaking hands with the Presidents: Barack Obama (USA) and Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), and a video of them all doing the #LipalaDance has since gone viral and become a powerful sign of cultural exchange in the wake of globalisation, and a call for youthful ways of starting entrepreneurship. “Americans in California are now dancing to Sura Yako,” said President Obama about cultural exchange, during several of his speeches while in Nairobi.
Sauti Sol official statement reads: “We are more than thankful for the support President Uhuru Kenyatta has showed us throughout our career, and by extension Kenya’s bustling entertainment industry. Thanks to President Kenyatta’s crucial role in supporting local arts and culture industry in Kenya, our dream to perform in honour of President Barack Obama has reached fruition. Having both Presidents Uhuru and Kenyatta join us to #LipalaDance is undoubtedly our greatest achievement and a prize too big no award can trump. We thank our fans from around the world, global media and celebrities still reposting and sharing the Obama #LipalaDance clip: Watch President Obama Lipala Dance
Sauti Sol danced among the Presidents, Kenya’s First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, Obama’s sibling Auma Obama, his National Security Adviser Susan Rice, the Ambassador of the United States, Robert F. Godec and a host of other personalities, dignitaries and politicians, among them American R&B and hip hop artist Akon.
Watch official Sura Yako videos via YouTube
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Check out how international media reported it:
PEOPLE – President Obama joins and impromptu line dance with Sauti Sol – http://www.people.com/
VANITY FAIR – Watch President Obama Break out Some Smooth Dance Moves with Sauti Sol –http://www.vanityfair.com/
MIRROR – Barack Obama dances to ‘Kenya’s Gangnam Style’ on Visit to Nairobi – http://www.mirror.co.uk/
THE GUARDIAN – Barack Obama shows off his moves at Kenya state dinner – http://www.theguardian.com/
WASHINGTON POST – In Nairobi, presidential dance party – http://www.washingtonpost.
ABC NEWS – President Obama Dances With Kenyan Pop Stars Sauti Sol – http://abcnews.go.com/
CBS NEWS – Obama shows off dance moves at Kenya state dinner – http://www.cbsnews.com/news/
JEZEBEL – Obama Performs Impromptu Dance with Sauti Sol – http://jezebel.com/obama-
TIME – Watch Obama steal the show by dancing the Lipala during his visit to Kenya –http://time.com/3972764/
THE DAILY MAIL – Obama the dad-dancer: President shows off his moves alongside Kenyan pop stars and the country’s president during state dinner in Nairobi http://www.dailymail.
SKY NEWS – Obama Boogies with Kenyan Pop Stars http://news.sky.com/
THE INDEPENDENT (UK) – Obama danced to Kenya’s biggest nightclub jam during his Africa trip http://www.independent.
NBC NEWS – Obama Shows Off Dance Moves in Kenya http://www.nbcnews.com/
IB TIMES – President Obama Lets Loose On The Dance Floor At State Dinner In Kenya http://www.ibtimes.com/
RAW STORY – Obama learns new moves on the dance floor during Kenya trip http://www.rawstory.com/
MSNBC – President Obama shows Kenya he can dance http://www.msnbc.com/
TWICHY – President Obama shows off his ‘Lipala’ dance moves during state dinner in http://twitchy.com/2015/07/
THE TIMES OD INDIA – Watch President Obama show off his dance moves http://timesofindia.
YAHOO NEWS – Obama’s Dance Moves https://au.news.yahoo.
