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DANCING LEOPARDS TACKLE STARS: Can Kenya prevent DR Congo from whipping with Wazekwa’s ‘Fimbu’?

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Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga trains at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on March 22, 2017. Kenyan national team trains ahead of their double-header international friendlies against Uganda and DRC Congo on March 22, and 26, 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo's players celebrate their third goal during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Togo and DR Congo in Port-Gentil on January 24, 2017. / AFP PHOTO

The Congolese are a proud people. Like the moniker of their national football team, the Leopard, which does not feast on a prey it did not kill, the Congolese like the choicest of drinks, food, fashion, music and eh... you guessed right. Women.

Their love for style is to be noted also in a movement that started in Congo during the colonial days called the The Sapeurs, which stands for Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes (the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People).

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