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Black Paris Social

Building a bridge to connect the African diaspora in Paris

A group of nine people smiling at the camera around a long table in a stone-vaulted room, drinks in hand.
01The images on this site are real photographs or our own artwork. None of it is a live feed of posts.

Black Paris Social is a community platform and media project that seeks to connect more of the Black diaspora in Paris with each other. From what’s going on in the city to resources that help you secure housing, we’re here to help you make Paris feel like a home away from home.

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    A bridge for the diaspora

    Connect with your community first!

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    Resources for the community

    Businesses we love. Food we recommend. Help we can provide.

  3. People gathered at tables on a café terrace in a street lined with pale stone buildings, glasses of pink drinks on the tables.03

    Welcome home

    Helping you plant roots so you no longer feel like a tourist in your city. Welcome home!

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Where the community actually is

The search is over! If you’re looking to connect with the diaspora in Paris here’s where we are.

  • People practising yoga on mats on a sunlit lawn in a park, arms outstretched in a standing pose.
  • Three people posing close together at a café terrace in front of a green restaurant façade, one of them pursing their lips as if to blow a kiss.
  • About ten people sitting and standing on a stone quay beside a river at sunset, several of them smiling at the camera.
  • People sitting along a stone riverside quay at sunset, a bridge and an orange sky behind them.
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What we’ve been up to

Gatherings and formats from the community.

Poster artwork on a brown ground: the words “Cup of” in large cream letters beside a line drawing of a sugar pot with a spoon and sugar cubes, and the line “An evening for the neighbors you haven’t met yet”.

Gathering

Cup of Sugar

Our regular gathering to bring together creatives, entrepreneurs, locals and passersby for an evening of connection and unbridled Black joy. This is how we make our week just a little bit sweeter.

Next dates on Partiful
Black-and-white photograph of a crowded, dimly lit room where people raise their arms and wave paper fans, a person in a fluffy white jacket looking on at the right.

Conversation

A Queer Conversation

Highlighting the culture that makes Paris what it is. We spoke with Preto Novo & NY collective Dick Appointment about what it means to create a space for us here and abroad.

Details follow on our channels.

Events
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Featured

Guides, spotlights and conversations from the feed.

Cover of the Black Paris Social Paris Fashion Week Guide ’26: a model in a draped pale-blue dress against a dark teal backdrop, with the title in large letters at the lower right.

Guide

Paris Fashion Week, Black Paris style

We’ve compiled a list of what shows are happening and where to be to watch! Along with some after parties and workshops you’re not going to want to miss.

Two photographs stacked: a person resting their cheek on their hand behind a café counter, dried flowers in the foreground and a framed menu on the wall; below, a hand holding a large tub of hair-care product in front of shelves of similar products.

Spotlight

Black Business Spotlight

A recurring look at Black-owned businesses in the city, and the people running them. This edition: Le Pazari.

Black-and-white photograph in a dark room: a hand holds an open paper fan above a crowd, and a person in a fluffy white jacket looks on at the right.

Conversation

A Queer Conversation for Global Black Pride

Highlighting the culture that makes Paris what it is. We spoke with Preto Novo & NY collective Dick Appointment about what it means to create a space for us here and abroad.

Journal

There is already a community here.

This site is only the doorway. The conversations happen on Instagram, on TikTok, on The Grapevine, and in the WhatsApp group by request.

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