JAZZ DIASPORAS

At the close of the Second World War, waves of African American musicians migrated to Paris, eager to thrive in its reinvigorated ja zz scene. Jazz Diasporas challenges the notion that Paris was a color-blind paradise for African Americans. On the contrary, musicia ns - and African American artists based in Europe like writer and social critic James Baldwin - adopted a variety of strategies to c ope with the cultural and social assumptions that greeted them throughout their careers in Paris, particularly in light of the cultu ral stru...[Read more]