7.17.2005

Homeboyz, Longombas, and Kleptomaniax

We tried to get one of the Homeboyz to be a guest entrepreneurship speaker on the last day of class, but it fell through at the last minute. He said he didn't want to deal with Strathmore's dress code, but that was probably just an excuse to back out. It was a bit of a longshot to try to get Kenya's biggest rap producers to come speak at a university that sells Opus Dei books at the front desk.

That night, we had dinner at the Carnivore. I'm not sure how many types of animals I ate. I know there was some ostrich, camel, and warthog in there. There may have been some giraffe, zebra, or other game as well. It was tasty stuff.

Afterwards we went to a record release party for the Longombas and the Kleptomaniax that was being held at Carnivore's club. The Kleptomaniax have a hit song called "Swing" that we've heard about two billion times since being here. We invited our Strathmore students to join us, and subsidized part of their cover charge. It was a blast. Apparently, the place was packed with Kenyan hip-hop celebrities. Of course, I wouldn't have recognized any of them, but we've heard some of their songs.

Last night, the Alliance students came over to our apartment for Kenchic chicken and to watch some movies on our LCD projector. We played them some American music videos and showed pictures of MIT and Boston. They sang us the school fight song before leaving.

1 Comments:

Blogger akiey said...

Just out of curiosity...what is Strathmore's dress code? I doubt I even knew how they dressed while I was back home. Unless it's way too conservative I figure the Homeboyz could still look presentable & comfortable in jeans, sneakers & a dress shirt...even if they want to top it up with a cap? They're musicians afterall not high-end execs?

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