Bumping and grinding dead as Nairobi clubs lose dance floor chemistry

African girl enjoys dancing with her friends in a nightclub Courtesy]

It’s Valentine’s Day in 2010, and Florida 1000, the famous dance club, is draped in red right from the door.

Red balloons are festooned on entrance frames and the reception area (free entry for the ‘ladies’; Sh300 for the men), a frayed red carpet goes up and up, and the male stewards serving drinks have exchanged their usual black get-up for red ones to mark the day.