But I know the basics about Supreme-it started as a skate brand and now it’s collaborating with Louis Vuitton. So you’re familiar with Supreme’s and Stüssy’s backstory? I'm on Facebook as well so I see whatever he likes. It started with seeing the clothes on my grandson. How did you get into streetwear brands like Supreme and Stüssy? We spoke to Abram, with help from Diefenbach who translated the conversation for us, about how and why he got into streetwear, what his family thinks of his outfits, and whether or not he’s actually familiar with the backstory of Supreme. He doesn’t mind it though he likes to stand out and be different. His interest in streetwear began about a year ago, though he admits the culture isn’t huge in his neighborhood. But now he does it like it’s his job.”Ībram, a retired gaffer, was born in Slovenia but has lived in Mainz, a small town in Germany about 40 minutes outside of Frankfurt, for the last 49 years. The first ones were kind of awkward to do because he’s never really stood in front of a camera and modeled. “It was my idea to take photos of his outfit,” Diefenbach said, “but surprisingly, he liked it more than I expected. It’s 71-year-old Alojz Abram, who became famous after the photos his grandson, Jannik Diefenbach, took of him wearing Supreme camp caps and Thrasher hoodies went viral this past January. My experience in Gambia was much more interesting than the Big penis tale but a look at that photograph on facebook took my mind back to that Gambia visit in 2008 and I ask again if the folk in that photograph are Mandinka warriors.The latest streetwear sensation isn’t another millennial decked out in Supreme. A question that didn’t get an answer anyway.Īt this point I remembered Kunta Kinta, the mandinka warrior sold into slavery according to Alex Haley’s book, Roots. I told my son and I’m sure he has told his son. “Well, my father told me that and I’m sure his father told him that too. “But are the Mandinka penises the biggest in the world? How do you know it is? There were really lots of British women in the Gambia hanging around with males who could well be their grandsons so he could have been on to something, but I wasn’t one to just up and walk away that easily so I asked again. “It is common knowledge that ours is the biggest in the world and these British women have probably heard tales about its size come all the way down here to enjoy it.” He saw my confusion and tried to help out. I didn’t know what to make of that, if to laugh like it was a joke or take it serious. *pointing at his you know what* in the world?”
“You mean you do not know we, the Mandinka people have the biggest. The old man laughed long and hard then said. I have seen a lot of Gambian males dating and even marrying much older British women. I asked an elderly Gambian male who was a security man close to the hotel I stayed in and the conversation went thus.
Then I noticed another trend and it was that young Gambian males, aged between eighteen and twenty five were often seen dating, strolling hand in hand, kissing on the streets, elderly European women aged as much as 55 in some instances.
The Mandinka people, or men are said to have the biggest penises in the world at least that is what the men from that part of the world tell themselves and others who care to listen.įirst thing I noticed on arrival in Gambia was the fact that there were lots of Europeans holidaying in there. It however reminded me of a people in Gambia I met on my visit there in 2008. It was probably even photoshopped how do I know or care. I got it off the internet, I think face book and of course we all used it to make jokes. Truth be told, I have no idea where that picture comes from and I have not in any way bothered to find out.