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| Myriam Maxo, Paris-based designer of African-inspired fabrics |
Paris is the capital and the most populous city of France. It is also one of the most romantic cities to visit. It has the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, museums, fashion and restaurants. It is also home to these 7 amazing black-owned businesses:
#1 - Black Spoon: Owned by Fati Niang, this restaurant is the first food truck in Paris to offer African cuisine. Her dishes includes Yassa chicken with lemon served over steamed rice, and Tiep bou Dienn, a grouper filet served with carrots and cabbage.
#2 - Sakina M’sa: this fashion designer of Comorian origin uses recycled materials in her fashion designs. Her creations of high culture ecosystem fashions and dedication to fight the social and economic exclusion of disadvantaged women earned her a Social Entrepreneurs Award in 2010 by the Kering Foundation.
#3 - Nefer by Daniel Tohou: is a high fashion brand for men that offers elegant Paris fashion with an African heritage influence. Daniel's designed are inspired by the “Harlem Renaissance” as well as by art and music.
#4 - Myriam Maxo: If its home decor you're looking for, this shop uses African-inspired fabrics with abstract patterns and wax. The designer, Myriam Maxo (pictured above), offers contemporary designed furniture, decorative items and other odds and ends.
#5 - Présence Africaine: looking for a good book? This African quarterly cultural, political, and literary magazine, founded by Seneglese-born Alioune Diop in 1947, was the first imprint to publish most of the best known Francophone African writers of the 20th century. They are now both a publishing house and a bookstore.
#6 - Afrostream: this movie streaming service only features African and African-American content. It was founded by Tonjé Bakang Tonjehas who is known as “The Netflix of Africa”.
#7 - Alexis Peskine: this artist is a Parisian resident, a 2004 Fulbright Scholar who holds a B.F.A. from Howard University an M.A. and M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). His work focuses on race and identity issues in France.