{"id":1047023,"date":"2026-02-21T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/?p=1047023"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:00:22","slug":"kinshasa-les-sapeurs-commemorent-les-31-ans-de-la-disparition-de-stervos-niarco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/?p=1047023","title":{"rendered":"Kinshasa : les sapeurs comm\u00e9morent les 31 ans de la disparition de Stervos Niarco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"473\"><strong>Ce mardi 10 f\u00e9vrier 2026, plusieurs dizaines de sapeurs se sont r\u00e9unis au cimeti\u00e8re de la Gombe, \u00e0 <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kinshasa<\/span><\/span>, pour comm\u00e9morer le 31\u1d49 anniversaire de la disparition d\u2019<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Adrien Mombele N\u2019gantshie<\/span><\/span>, plus connu sous le nom de Stervos Niarcos. Figure mythique, il demeure pour beaucoup le \u00ab p\u00e8re \u00bb de la Sape au Congo et au-del\u00e0.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"855\">Chapeau haut de forme, parapluie \u00e0 plumes et tenues soigneusement assorties : les adeptes ont rendu hommage \u00e0 celui qui, avec sa chanson <em data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"651\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Religion ya Kitendi<\/span><\/span><\/em> (1989), a \u00e9lev\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9gance vestimentaire au rang de philosophie de vie. Le mot \u00ab kitendi \u00bb, qui signifie \u00ab v\u00eatements \u00bb en lingala, est devenu le symbole d\u2019une v\u00e9ritable religion de l\u2019apparence ma\u00eetris\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"1205\">\u00ab C\u2019est le p\u00e8re de tous les sapeurs au Congo, et m\u00eame dans le monde \u00bb, affirme Djika Ziana, sapeur kinois, exhibant fi\u00e8rement veste et sac en cuir \u00e0 effet crocodile. Pour les adeptes, la Sape n\u2019est pas qu\u2019une mode, mais un art r\u00e9gi par des codes stricts : propret\u00e9 irr\u00e9prochable, parfum, marques de luxe et harmonie des couleurs \u2014 trois au maximum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1475\">Venue de <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Brazzaville<\/span><\/span>, Mathy Kass Adbe Chou, l\u2019une des rares femmes sapeuses pr\u00e9sentes, rappelle que l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9gance est aussi un levier social : \u00ab Bien s\u2019habiller permet de se faire remarquer, d\u2019\u00eatre invit\u00e9 et parfois m\u00eame de trouver du travail. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1725\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Trente et un ans apr\u00e8s sa mort, Stervos Niarcos continue ainsi d\u2019inspirer les passionn\u00e9s de la Sape, r\u00e9unissant chaque ann\u00e9e \u00e0 Kinshasa des adeptes venus des deux rives du fleuve Congo pour honorer celui qui a fait du v\u00eatement un \u00e9tendard culturel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ce mardi 10 f\u00e9vrier 2026, plusieurs dizaines de sapeurs se sont r\u00e9unis au cimeti\u00e8re de la Gombe, \u00e0 Kinshasa, pour comm\u00e9morer le 31\u1d49 anniversaire de la disparition d\u2019Adrien Mombele N\u2019gantshie, plus connu sous le nom de Stervos Niarcos. Figure mythique, il demeure pour beaucoup le \u00ab p\u00e8re \u00bb de la Sape au Congo et au-del\u00e0. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1047024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,10],"tags":[2496,7144],"class_list":["post-1047023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-la-une","category-culture","category-people","tag-kinshasa","tag-stervos-niarco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047025,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047023\/revisions\/1047025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrikmatin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}