Jacqueline Ngo MPII is on a mission which I greatly admire.
Her company, Little Africa, is dedicated to all things African in Paris. In the last five years Jacqueline has tirelessly been promoting the rich culture of the African community in Paris. She has accomplished this in numerous ways, first by creating a Little Africa tour, which is called La Goutte D’or in the 18th arrondissement just below Montmartre, and she shares the vivacious, colorful, neighborhood, that very few tourists know about.
To further her mission, she wrote and published an Africa in Paris Guidebook, a curation of all the best sites, shops, restaurants, and cafes in Little Africa. Next Jacqueline really stepped her dream commitment by taking over a two-story space in La Goutte D’or. The multi-use space, Little Africa 2.0: A Parisian Village, will serve as a center, meeting place, gallery, and event space to extend the cultural conversation, and educate tourists about the neighborhood. Little Africa mounted a successful Indiegogo campaign earlier this year, raising over $43,000 to raise money to build and sustain the Little Africa 2.0: A Parisian Village space.
Little Africa also has an online shop with local merchandise from shops and vendors in the community.
I met Jacqueline and her strategic brand advisor Patrick Banks at Café La Goutte d'Or.
Jacqueline arrived first and she was warm and soft spoken, and Patrick, who is American, came a few minutes later. We spoke at length about her plans and dreams for her company and how Patrick was going to implement them with his practical and strategic skills.
After we left the cafe, Jacqueline was kind enough to give me a mini-tour. She showed me the many fabric shops that provide the African women with dazzling print fabrics they use for their skirts and turbans, and she also explained how the fabrics were made and where they are imported from. There were also a few tailor and design shops that made custom outfits with the fabric for men and women. Next up was the Institut des Cultures d’Islam, a cultural Islamic center with an art gallery, restaurant, and performance space. She also pointed out some local restaurants she recommended and because she was running out of time, directed me to the lively food shop streets.
The Little Africa website lists two tours, the Made in Goutte d’or- African Fashions and history tour, where you visit fashion, design and African spice shops and meet artisans, tailors and designers, and the second tour, a Taste of Africa Tour where you explore the African food shops and markets, and includes a two course lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Jacqueline's way cool sneakers
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I have updated my Etsy shop with 15 new photos in addition to my other classic photos from before. In addition, I can make a print of almost every photo you see on Eye Prefer Paris.
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Below are some of my new photos I’ve posted in my Etsy shop.
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