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PHOTOS: The Masks Of Congo Are Worn To Protect, To Protest — And To Strike A Pose

Anglebert Maurice Kakuja, 29, a Sapeur, or Congolese dandy, shows off his fashion sense while wearing a homemade mask in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Sapeurs take their name from the acronym for their group: <em>Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes.</em> (Raissa Karama Rwizibuka)
Anglebert Maurice Kakuja, 29, a Sapeur, or Congolese dandy, shows off his fashion sense while wearing a homemade mask in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Sapeurs take their name from the acronym for their group: Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes. (Raissa Karama Rwizibuka)

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