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5 popular Nigerian dances Kenyans can’t get enough of

Up your dance skills with these moves.

Our Nigerian brothers and sisters can get down.

Get them a dance floor, put on some good music and you are guaranteed to be entertained.

That expressive nature has helped give birth to some of the greatest dance hits in, if not all, most African countries – and they keep coming.

It’s almost impossible not to want to jam the way they do whenever a great song comes on.

Here’s a list of some of the dances Nigerians have been so gracious to bless us with.

1.Shaku shaku

DJ Prince - Skaku Shaku (Official Video) ft Skales

The latest Nigerian dance craze that has Kenyans going wild is undisputedly the shaku shaku dance.

2.Shoki

Lil Kesh - Shoki Rmx [Official Video] ft. Davido, Olamide

Lil Kesh helped to catapult the shoki dance across borders and we as Kenyans are beyond grateful for that.

3.Etighi dance

Iyanya - Kukere [Official Video]

Popularized by Iyanya’s Kukere dance video, the Etighi dance is a definite go to dance move on the dance floor.

4.Skelewu

Skelewu - Davido (Official Music Video)

Thanks to Davido, the Skelewu dance was a hit back in 2016.

5.Shakiti bobo

Olamide - Bobo [Official Video]

Olamide popularized this dance move when he released his hit single Bobo back in 2015

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