Once a no-go zone, Paris' 'Little Africa' challenges racist stereotypes

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The Goutte d'Or neighbourhood has long been shunned as a den of crime by outsiders. FMTNews Paris

The neighbourhood boasts over 300 shops and restaurants dedicated to African culture.

“I want people to discover the treasures of this place, beyond the fact that the roads are dirty and the buildings run down,” said Jacqueline Ngo Mpii, founder of the company “Little Africa” offering guided tours of the Goutte d’Or since 2015. A dramatic change from the tourist trinkets and postcard stands that line the streets of Montmartre, the working-class neighbourhood boasts over 300 shops and restaurants dedicated to African fashion and gastronomy.

A large, colourful graffiti work in the Goutte d’Or neighbourhood reads “Police everywhere, justice nowhere” – a popular slogan at the recent anti-racism rallies, and a sign that tensions remain high. In the heart of the Goutte d’Or, brothers Youssouf and Mamadou Fofana, who have Senegalese roots, run the renowned fashion brand “Maison Chateau Rouge” that has paraded down the runways of Paris Fashion Week and sells its streetwear creations in London, Tokyo and Beijing.

 

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