A Study on the Perception of Congolese Students towards Sape

Basile Mulwani Makelele,Boniface Aspan A Kasas,Patrick Litalema Libote

doi:10.12691/rpbs-5-1-2

Abstract

Sape or dandyism is a fashioning behavior which is very popular in some communities of Congolese. Characterized by well dress, beautiful clothes, expensive or designer labels, Sape as psychosocial phenomenon, doesnât have a same perception in studentâs area. Aims of the Study: The study measures perception of Congolese students towards Sape. Instruments: Questionnaire technique was used to collect data from 64 women and men students aged from 18 up to 40 years old leaving in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. Results: It emerges from our investigations that Students of Kinshasa (66.6%) and Lubumbashi (86%) have a positive perception towards Sape. Conclusion: Fashioning behavior of Sape must be organized in intend of pushing all fanatics of clothes to buy and employ local fashions in state of spending too much money in foreigner designer labels.

Highlights

IntroductionThe Sape was placed in the spotlight of all the media of the whole world after the sudden death of one of its faithful singers, in the person of Papa Wemba
It evokes the harmony in the perception of values, styles or old and current fashions, depending on whether the dress tendency, the Sape leaves the impression behind every adept of the well-dressed empire
The aim of this study is to measure the perception of Congolese students about the Sape phenomenon by answering to four open ended questions detailed as follows: 1) What is the understanding of the word Sapeur?

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Introduction

The Sape was placed in the spotlight of all the media of the whole world after the sudden death of one of its faithful singers, in the person of Papa Wemba. The Sape was placed in the spotlight of all the media of the whole world after the sudden death of one of its faithful singers, in the person of Papa Wemba1 His real name Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, a musician from Democratic Republic of Congo, Papa Wemba died on Sunday April 24 2016 at dawn in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, "following a malaise on stage”, A "cardiac arrest" or what the medical world refers to as "massive infarction", while singing as a true Sapeur. The Sape remains the social object of imitation by a partisan people. It evokes the harmony in the perception of values, styles or old and current fashions, depending on whether the dress tendency, the Sape leaves the impression behind every adept of the well-dressed empire

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