During the 1950s and 60s in the Congo city of Kinshasa, there
emerged young urban male gangs known as "Bills" or "Yankees."
Modeling themselves on the images of the iconic American cowboy
from Hollywood film, the "Bills" sought to negotiate lives lived
under oppressive economic, social, and political conditions. They
developed their own style, subculture, and slang and as Ch. Didier
Gondola shows, engaged in a quest for manhood through bodybuilding,
marijuana, violent sexual behavior, and other transgressive acts.
Gondola argues that this street culture became a backdrop for
Congo-Zaire's emergence as an independent nation and continues to
exert powerful influence on the country's urban youth culture
today.
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