Read Emily Wax's story: Under a rotating disco ball and steps from a clay pot sitting on fake flames, Congolese crooner Prince Fisecoze slams down a couple of shots of sambuca bar-side at the ritzy Club Afrique, the latest addition to Nairobi's otherwise edgy nightclub scene.
Hoping to court some loyal fans, he flashes a business card to well-dressed patrons filing in around 10 p.m. Printed in a hodgepodge of fonts, the card proclaims -- in bold -- that Prince Fisecoze Ikalaba M. Wembadio is president of Rumba Japan, an "international band with 6,600 dancing styles."
Minutes later, next to a babbling brook-and-waterfall installation, Prince sprays on some Paco Rabanne cologne for confidence. He smooths his wrinkled outfit, business attire from the waist down, Halloween party from the waist up: orange soccer shirt under a blue dinner jacket featuring an embroidered pumpkin on the lapel, a scarecrow on the back.
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