Between10and5 Features Zemba Luzamba: Exploring Contemporary African Art

Born in Lubumbashi, DRC in 1973, Luzamba grew up amid Mobutu Sese Seko’s Authenticité campaign, which banned Western suits in favour of the abacost, a collarless state uniform. The birth of La Sape (Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes) emerged as stylish resistance: men dressed in flamboyant suits as wearable defiance. 

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