Safaris
Oct 9 2008, Gidi

It’s Saturday night at one of Nairobi’s trendiest expat clubs. The drinks are flowing, the house music is blaring and couples are either grinding on the dance floor or chatting at the bar. Some are hugged up together on the couchlike seating outside.

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