"Freedom, Equality, Humanity" is the title of the new exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, in honor of US American artist Josephine Baker's life and work. "One hundred years of banana skirts are enough," Baker biographer Mona Horncastle told DW in interview, referring to an iconic image that many people associate with the dancer Baker. Legend has it that Josephine Baker received more than 1,500 marriage proposals. Born Freda Josephine McDonald to an American mother in 1906 in the slums of St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker was an illegitimate child for the times. Mona Horncastle's book "Josephine Baker: Weltstar - Freiheitskämpferin - Ikone" (Josephine Baker: Worldstar - Freedom Fighter - Icon) was published in German by Modern Verlag in 2020.

Source: The Telegraph May 19, 2023 07:16 UTC