SAPEKOLOGIE - YANNOS MAJESTIKOS
”La sape” is a Congolese fashion subculture that originated in the copying the clothing style of colonial dandies by oppressed Congolese workers. Today extravagant sapeurs that stroll the streets of Kinshasa and Brazzaville get a lot of admiring looks. But do people know the colonial origins of this movement?
Yannos Majestikos takes to the shopping streets of Antwerp in a dandy costume made entirely made out of Congolese materials: 100% peanuts. What was the influence of colonialism on clothing culture in DR Congo, and how does that influence continue today?
