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Black American legacy art and jazz and literature 7% OFF
$107.52
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Overview
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
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Black American legacy art and jazz and literature
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
- Coffee and/or Tea
Meeting point
Look for a Guide with a Black Legacy Tour Badge
Return details
near the Vavin metro (line 4)
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Saint-Germain-des-PresIn this intellectual and bohemian district, start the tour by discovering how many black American artists found their place in Paris
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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.
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Cour du Commerce Saint AndreIn 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
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Place de la SorbonneThe 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
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PantheonIn front of this unique monument in the history of France, you will discuss the black personalities buried there, including Josephine Baker.
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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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Black American legacy art and jazz and literature 7% OFF
$107.52
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!