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... disaporan aesthetic and sensibilities. Ideally, the conversation sparked by this project will continue to challenge, evolve, and inform ideas of masculinity, class, gender, and sexuality. Copyright © 2015 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2015 Black fashion dandyism sapeur Swenka...

.... Conversely, Daniele Tamagni’s Gentlemen of Bacongo documents the lives of a different kind of elite, the sapeurs of Congo-Brazzaville, whose devotion to European bespoke suits creates a stark contrast to their modest day-to-day reality. These and other participating artists including Viviane Sassen, Zanele...

... and opulence bestowed by things shiny style. A typical outfit was very label-conscious and and gold echoes the conspicuous consumption of consisted of a black Kangol hat, Farah trousers, the sapeurs—the Société des Ambianceurs et des Gabicci cardigans (yardie cardies), and shoes by Personnes Élégantes...

... Luther King dedicated to high fashion. The movement originated Jr., Malcolm X, and the Black Panthers took on the in Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the 1920s when men white status quo, African Americans reasserted known as sapeurs defied their meager circumstances their diaspora status through fashion...