The Paris metropolitan area has a community of origins from Sub-Saharan Africa. There were 54,000 persons of African nationalities, excluding Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, according to the 2009 French census. Countries of origin in sub-Saharan Africa include Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea,Cameroon, Mali, and Senegal.
There was a significant increase in persons of sub-Saharan African origins residing in Paris from 1960 to 1992.
Geography
As of circa 1995 the favored locations for sub-Saharan African settlement in the city of Paris included the 18th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements. In addition the following suburban municipalities had African settlement: Charenton, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ivry-sur-Seine, Montreuil, and Pantin.
Montreuil's inhabitants often exaggeratedly nickname the town the "second Malian town after Bamako", or sometimes "Mali-sous-Bois" or "Bamako-sur-Seine" even though the Seine does not run through the town. Montreuil does indeed have a large Malian population : more than inhabitants according to the INSEE in 1999, between and people according to the mairie, which estimates that Montreuil has the largest Malian community in France. 10% of the population is Malian or has Malian origins.
Culture
The musical style coupé-décalé emphasizes the relationship between Abidjan, Ivory Coast and Paris.
Notable persons
Luc Abalo
Oumar Bakari
Amedy Coulibaly
Bira Dembélé
Mana Dembélé
Alou Diarra
Boukary Dramé
Tripy Makonda
André Matsoua
Dany N'Guessan
Bakary Sako
Mamadou Samassa (footballer born 1990) Oumar Sissoko Alassane També Bano Traoré Ibrahima Traoré Makan Traore (footballer born 1992)
See also
La Goutte d'Or - African immigrant neighbourhood of Paris
Africans in Guangzhou
References
Jules-Rosette, Bennetta. Black Paris: The African Writers' Landscape (World literature: Cultural studies). University of Illinois Press, 2000. , 9780252069352.
Notes
Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Further reading
Cazenave, Odile. Afrique sur Seine: a New Generation of African Writers in Paris (After the Empire: the Francophone World and Postcolonial France). Lexington Books, 15 January 2007. , 9780739120637. Dadié, Bernard Binlin. An African in Paris. University of Illinois Press, 1 January 1994. , 9780252064074. Jenkins, Jennifer. West Africans in Paris. Lightning Source Incorporated, 2008. , 9783836497268. "African culture in 'City of Romance'." CNN. November 5, 2012 - Video Baarakètò (Documentary Short Film Series). An ka taa, 2022.