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3. Dancing in Bananas
Episode 3 of 5
Josephine Baker opens at the Folies Bergere cabaret music hall in Paris - dressed in nothing but bananas. Read by Josette Simon.
Josephine Baker opens at the Folies Bergère dressed in nothing but bananas - causing a sensation in Paris.
She danced and sang her way from the American slums of St Louis to fame and riches in 1920s France.
Josephine went on to take the world by storm with her spellbinding dances.
Biography of this extraordinary performer written and abridged in five parts by Ean Wood.
Read by Josette Simon.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
Last on
Thu 24 Apr 202503:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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