An analysis of fashion as means of power and control in West and Southern Africa. The video highlights several cultures including the Swazi, Herero, and Kongolese. It also looks at « la SAPE. »
This was a research project for a history course on sin, vice and religion -- African intersections.
Music is Jazz Piano from Ben Sound
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