It’s a chilly Thursday evening at Artcaffé Britam Towers, Nairobi. The staff are hurriedly clearing dining tables and chairs on the spacious patio. In minutes, the dance floor is ready. The DJ, Dan Ombok, sets the mood with a mix of slow and fast tempos of Afro-Cuban Latin music.
As the patio begins to swell with people arriving in twos and fours, fresh from their 9-to-5 jobs, Ombok pumps up the volume, hoping to entice the new arrivals onto the empty dance floor. But everyone seems reluctant. The floor remains cold and empty.
