Gold 2018 / People / Life Style

The Sapeurs of Brazzaville

  • Photographer
    Tariq Zaidi
  • Prizes
    Gold in People/Life Style, 2nd Place winner in People

Sape, an abbreviation of Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes ("Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People"), is a fashion subculture centered on the cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the DRC and Republic of Congo. Someone who follows La Sape is known as a Sapeur.

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