Hipsters by Africans. Bashny.Net

The country Congo-Brazzaville SAPE is a movement whose activities did not stop even during the war years. Sometime during the French occupation of the Congo, the myth that young people serving the settlers should be elegantly dressed. And in 1922, Andre Grenard Matsoua became the first Congolese returning from Paris dressed like a French "master" and insistence made furor among citizens.





Today members of the SAPE consider themselves artists and respected by the whole society. The members of the SAPE is made easy charm in their humble environment with its own style and impeccable clothes. Each member of SAPE has its own eccentric and funny nickname, and a set of gestures, distinguishing it from all others. Elegance is not the only important requirement. Every weekend, members of SAPE, gather in bars and fashionable dance halls, parades in the streets to the applause of bystanders. These filled with impromptu parades have become part of the urban culture and an expression of love for beauty and protest the violence.