DRCONGO-FASHION-SAPE

TO GO WITH STORY BY HABIBOU BANGRE Ramane Cota (L), Mamitsho Dolce Gabanne (2nd L), Chancelier (3rd L), Kadhitoza (2nd R) and Sisimalto (R), adherents of the social movement known as La Sape (an abbreviation of "Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes" or The Society for the Advancement of Elegant People) pose in Kinshasa on March 16, 2014, both wearing creations designed by Kadhitoza. La Sape, born in the 1960s in Congo, aims at dressing flamboyantly. Stervos Niarcos Ngashie, who died in 1995, was known as the leader of the La Sape movement and the founder of the "Kitendi" religion, which means clothing in local Lingala language. AFP PHOTO / JUNIOR D. KANNAH (Photo credit should read Junior D. Kannah/AFP via Getty Images)