Sapeurs: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo
- ISBN-10
- 3868289739
- ISBN-13
- 9783868289732
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-05
- Publisher
- Kehrer Verlag
- Author
- Tariq Zaidi
Description
British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa & Brazzaville: La Sape, Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes. 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.
