Pepito abatino biography of abraham

  • The persona with which Baker (1906–75) captivated the world had already been retooled once by her manager Giuseppe Pepito Abatino.
  • La Principessa Tam Tam e il sedicente conte: Pepito Abatino e Joséphine Baker una favola d'altri tempi (Mnemosine Vol. 39) (Italian Edition).
  • Baker and Pepito had become romantically involved in late 1926; he soon became her manager.

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    Black Europe and the African Diaspora [paperback ed.] 0252076575, 9780252076572

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    BLACK EUROPE AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

    THE NEW BLACK STUDIES

    SERIES

    Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and Dwight A. McBride A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book.

    BLACK EUROPE AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

    EDITED

    BY

    DARLENE CLARK HINE, TRICA DANIELLE KEATON, AND STEPHEN SMALL

    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS

    Urbana and Chicago

    305.896 H58B 2009

    © 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America

    IAZASSCRZAZAaN This book is printed on acid-free paper.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hine, Darlene Clark. Black Europe and the African diaspora / edited by Darlene Clark Hine, Trica Danielle Keaton, and Stephen Small.

    p. cm.— (New black studies series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-252-03467-1 (cloth: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0

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    Josephine Baker

    Introduction
    Early life

    Josephine Baker
    Career
    Early years
    Paris and rise to fame
    Work during World War II Connected to: Jo Bouillon Légion d'honneur Civil Rights Movement
    Later career

    Civil rights activism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    Personal life
    Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised
    Relationships
    Children
    French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an
    American-born French entertainer, activist, French Resistance
    Later years and death agent and freemason[2]. Her career was centered primarily in
    Legacy Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she
    was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated
    Portrayals
    performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris.
    Film credits Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a
    See also sensation in Paris. Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of
    arti cial bananas, became her most iconic image and a sy
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    Black France / France Noire: The History and Politics of Blackness 9780822395348

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    Black France / France Noire

    Black France / France Noire The History and Politics of Blackness trica danielle keaton, t. denean sharpley-whiting, and tyler stovall, editors

    Duke University Press durham ∏ london 2012

    ∫ 2012 Duke University Press All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper $ Designed by C. H. Westmoreland Typeset in Arno Pro by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book.

    For Dorothy J. Holman, with all love and appreciation In memoriam: Aimé Césaire, Michel Fabre, Ousmane Sembène, Édouard Glissant

    Contents foreword Black . . . A Color? A Kaleidoscope! Christiane Taubira ix acknowledgments

    xv

    introduction Blackness Matters, Blackness Made to Matter Trica Danielle Keaton, Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, and Tyler Stovall 1

    part inom Theorizing and N