Senegal’s Germaine Acogny pays tribute to Josephine Baker in Paris

At the age of 81, celebrated Senegalese dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, returns to the stage in Paris this week.

Her show at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées pays tribute to legendary American-born dancer, singer, actress, and activist Josephine Baker.

It comes exactly 100 years after Baker first dazzled the world, moving to France in the 1920s where she soon became one of Europe’s most popular performers.

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