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portada Sapeurs: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Congo
Type
Physical Book
Author
Photographs by
Designed by
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
27.4 x 19.3 x 2.0 cm
Weight
0.91 kg.
ISBN13
9783868289732
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Sapeurs: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Congo

Tariq Zaidi (Author, Photographs by) · Stuart Smith (Designed by) · Kehrer Verlag · Hardcover

Sapeurs: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Congo - Zaidi, Tariq ; Zaidi, Tariq ; Smith, Stuart

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Synopsis "Sapeurs: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Congo"

British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa & Brazzaville: La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People). Its followers are known as Sapeurs ( Sapeuses for women). Most have ordinary day jobs as taxi-drivers, tailors and gardeners, but as soon as they clock off they transform themselves into debonair dandies. Sashaying through the streets they are treated like rock stars - turning heads, bringing 'joie de vivre' to their communities and defying their circumstances. Traditionally passed down through the male line, many Congolese women and their children have recently begun donning designer suits. As Papa Wemba (1949-2016, Congolese singer and fashion icon who popularized Sape) once said: White people invented the clothes, but we make an art of it.

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