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africa.style: la sape

Posted: July 18th, 2009 | Author: kamau | Filed under: books, fashion, globalization, photography, politics | Comments Off

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Screen shot from BBC News photo essay on Congolese migrants in South Africa

PHOTO ESSAY: Congolese migrants in South Africa staged a La Sape fashion show as a way to increase understanding between their community and their Johannesburg hosts in the wake of the deadly violence against immigrants there in 2008.

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Screen shot of Brazzaville sapeur slideshow on the First Post site. © D. Tamagni

SLIDESHOW: “Fashion Cult: The Congolese community that worships style. Images excerpted from a new soon-to-be-published photography book called “The Gentlemen of Bakongo: The Importance of Being Elegant” by Daniele Tamagni highlighting the Congo Brazzaville Sapeur scene.

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