In the heart of Kinshasa, dozens of impeccably dressed "sapeurs" gathered recently to commemorate the father of their ...

While most people are mourning the tragic death of Prince, I just found out that another great musician died earlier today. Congolese superstar PapaWemba was performing onstage in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ...

In a poor city in a poor country on a poor continent, there is a group of people with a singular purpose: to look good. In a poor city in a poor country on a poor continent, there is a group of people ...

British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa and Brazzaville: La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People).

Quelques dizaines de sapeurs se sont rassemblés sur la tombe de Stervos Niarcos à Kinshasa, "père de la sape", auteur de la ...