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Sapeurs: The Fashion Victims of the Congo

Posted on September 20, 2010 by | 16 Comments

LETTERS FROM HOME

To be cool in Congo is to be a ”sapeur.”

By the Congo River on Sunday afternoons, Africa’s rebels without a cause roar up to the Rapids Cafe, astride their mopeds and dressed in $1,000 suits. Continue reading →

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