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Colors of Africa in Paris 

August 28, 2014 
by A. Abbas 
Most prominent among the many African boutiques which line the Goutte d’Or neighbourhood in Paris is La Reine de Saba, owned and managed by Ms Awa Daabo. Recently she organised a fashion show aboard a barge on the river Seine, sponsored by the Kenyan Embassy. Models had to dress and make up in the narrow space on the barge. Then they did their catwalk, to the delight of the audience.