
Ugandan freestyle dancer Abdul Malik, known as LIKDUL, has become the country's first-ever Red Bull Dance Your Style champion after defeating MICO Styles in a national final held at Motiv in Kampala over the weekend, according to Sqoop. The outlet reports that the high-energy event placed Uganda's dance culture at the centre of the national entertainment scene, drawing together performers and fans for a night celebrating the country's growing freestyle dance movement.
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