PARISIANS HAVE WELCOMED BLACK AMERICAN ARTS EVER SINCE SOLDIERS BROUGHT JAZZ TO FRANCE
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Gospel singing has been sung and taught in Paris for years.
Ursuline Kairson Facebook
Entrée to Black Paris
- Josephine Baker, one of the first international stars...
- Entered the Panthéon (the secular mausoleum) on November 30, 2020.
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Soon afterwards the television station France 24 interviewed Monique Wells, who publishes Entrée to Black Paris and guides visits that focus on African Americans.
- A square had already been named for her (in 2000)
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Inauguration of place Joséphine Baker, 14th, with the district mayor and the American singer Ursuline Kairson.
- Now a famous poster is spontaneously adapted:
Entrée to Black Paris
Bus stop in the 13th, novembre 2023; decor 2024 (Facebook, Jill Danger)
- Her image is on a coin and painted on a wall (in 2024)
169 boulevard de l'Hopital,13e
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They have appreciated intellectuals from the former colonies from almost the same time, and had Cameroon's Barthelémy Togué do the decor for the Château Rouge métro in 2017 and exhibit at the National Library in 2024.
Entrée to Black Paris for a full report,
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Recently they've discovered their own artists, introducing hiphop in a classic opera, at the important Châtelet theater and by a musical that drew the attention of even the New York Times:
The New York Times, October 9, 2024
As so often,
energy comes from below.
It is appreciated at last.
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