Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris. Her overtly sexual act soon made her one of the most famous women in Europe. Her name was Josephine Baker - hear from her adopted son Jean-Claude Baker about her dancing, and her life.
(Photo: Josephine Baker in her heyday. Credit: Walery/Getty Images)
View all episodes
By BBC World Service
4.5
1212 ratings
In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris. Her overtly sexual act soon made her one of the most famous women in Europe. Her name was Josephine Baker - hear from her adopted son Jean-Claude Baker about her dancing, and her life.
(Photo: Josephine Baker in her heyday. Credit: Walery/Getty Images)
More shows like Witness History: Archive 2013
View all
In Our Time
5,426 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,803 Listeners
Global News Podcast
7,657 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,751 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,074 Listeners
Witness History
964 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
2,080 Listeners
Newshour
1,042 Listeners
The LRB Podcast
293 Listeners
Dan Snow's History Hit
4,647 Listeners
Curious Cases
763 Listeners
Cold War Conversations
456 Listeners
Behind the Bastards
15,371 Listeners
Americast
700 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
2,962 Listeners
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
5,072 Listeners
The Rest Is History
13,114 Listeners
Key Battles of American History
908 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics
3,000 Listeners
The News Agents
906 Listeners
History's Greatest Cities
61 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
850 Listeners
Real Survival Stories
1,254 Listeners
De Barbie Tapes
2 Listeners
Pipeline
434 Listeners