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Fashion designer Hawa Sangaré carries Olympic torch as Paris 2024 merges sports and arts

Fashion designer Hawa Sangaré. © RFI/Maria Afonso

Paris – France's 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, commencing 26 July, embrace more than athletic prowess. The event is also a stage for designers, artists, and artisans to showcase their talents. Paris welcomed the Olympic flame on 14 July, with Hawa Sangaré, a socially conscious fashion designer and entrepreneur, among the honored torchbearers.

Hawa Sangaré was born in Drancy, in Seine-Saint-Denis, est of Paris, of Malian parents.

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