The Papa Wemba ' Sapeur ' cult .

[kit]

For those in Europe with access to the digital TV channel - BBC 4 - at 23.00hrs ( British Summer time ) , or 11 o' clock tonight , in other words , a documentary called ' The importance of being elegant ' will be shown , all about the cult for designer clothes led by the singer - Papa Wemba - friend of Marithe et Francois Girbaud , etc etc .

DON'T MISS IT .

 

[VICTIM]

yeah i've seen that the taste is sooooooo bad they love cavalli and such i didnt quite understand what they were about it was so odd it was like they were saying they were refugees (if i am remembering correctly) but they were all wearing cavalli d&g ect

 

[Hanne]

I read about sapeur ages ago in an anthropology class..the quirky ways of globalisation..fasinating anyways..