President Records Ltd present Matata, London, 1971, photo: unknown, (c) President Records Ltd.
“As a child, one of my favorite Soukous songs was ‘Nairobi Night’ by the Soukous Stars. I loved the rolling bassline, percussive guitars, and the language-neutral singalong chorus. I knew little about nightlife, only from parties my parents threw in their basement on occasions like New Years Eve, but seeing the title, perhaps I imagined what a Nairobi night might feel like thousands of miles away. So it is in the spirit of that imagining that I present the next episode of Africa Is a Country Radio, where we continue our look at club culture across the African continent, and take a visit to Nairobi. ...”
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