http://www.metafilter.com/tags/wemba Posts tagged with 'wemba' at MetaFilter. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:40:52 -0800 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:40:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/56577/The%2DSociety%2Dfor%2DLeisure%2DLovers%2Dand%2DElegant%2DPersons To be a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-dressers28nov28,1,2040040.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage&track=crosspromo">Sapeur</a> in Kinshasa is to treat every trash-strewn alley or muddy street as a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/elegant-interview.shtml">fashion</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/being-elegant.shtml ">catwalk</a>. Inspired by Congolese <a href="http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?Story_ID=2281725">rumba</a> star <a href="http://www.aozj17.dsl.pipex.com/wembaindex.html">Papa Wemba*</a> and his <a href="http://www.aozj17.dsl.pipex.com/enter_the_sape.html">Soci&#0233;t&#0233; des Ambianceurs et Persons &#0201;l&#0233;gants*</a> (le Sape), urban peacocks cheerfully adopted "Religion Kitembo”, literally the worship of clothes. "The Pope of the Sapes" himself appears to have undergone a conversion since his <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3949935.stm">recent legal troubles.</a> <a href="http://picturetank.com/grandindex.php?lg=fr&idcategory=2&idthema=255&idgallery=1908">Photo gallery</a> by H&#0233;ctor Mediavilla. <small>*<i>sound</i></small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.56577 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:40:52 -0800 africa congo consumption drugs fashion kinshasa music rumba sape sapeur wemba maryh