Black American legacy art and jazz and literature
Description
Discover the Left Bank differently in the footsteps of Black artists, writers and thinkers, who speak to each other on both sides of the Atlantic. From the Latin Quarter to Saint-Germain, an exploration to learn where and how Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, the artists of the Harlem Renaissance and the great jazz musicians, from Sidney Bechet to Louis Armstrong lived. The visit also makes it possible to evoke why Paris was seen as a "city of refuge", and to introduce the great French figures of the intellectual and political movements of decolonization and pan-Africanism
Tour Options
Itinerary
In this intellectual and bohemian district, start the tour by discovering how many black American artists found their place in Paris
In the art galleries, you will learn more about the influence of African art in European avant-gardes, related to colonization and current debates about the return of works of art.
In this historic alley of the French Revolution, you can discuss the place of blacks in revolutionary movements, with the debates on the abolition of slavery on both sides of the Atlantic
The Sorbonne, the oldest university in France, was the melting pot of pan-African exchanges and the negritude movement. You will learn more about the role she played in the composition of a black identity, on the French and American sides
In front of this unique monument in the history of France, you will discuss the black personalities buried there, including Josephine Baker.
In front of the Coupole, this major restaurant of the 1920s gives us the opportunity to evoke Josephine Baker, her tumultuous life and her commitments, in a society that she helped transform
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What's included
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
