Josephine Baker: Her Banana Dance Shocked Paris and Made Her a Star
Entertainer, spy for the French Resistance, civil rights icon, and adoptive mother of 12
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9 min readNov 8, 2020
Josephine Baker was still a teenager when she caught the world’s attention, and she held it for most of her life. She was a study in extremes: capable of great kindness and great cruelty, supremely…
