Kevi Donat's tour around Paris comes with a twist: it celebrates the unsung black people who helped shape French history.

"People often imagine that their guide will be a white man wearing a striped sweater and a beret," Kevi says.

From WW2 resistance fighters to the writers who spoke out against French colonialism, his tour tries to challenge the perception of what it means to be French.

Video journalist: Raissa Ioussouf