Staging the Great Migration: The Chocolate Kiddies and the German Experience of the New Negro Renaissance

2019/10/10 by Paul Edwards · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #German Colonialism and Identity Studies #Cultural History and Identity Formation #Communism, Protests, Social Movements

paper · doi:10.26597/mod.0133

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Abstract

On May 24, 1925, Elisabeth (“Li”) Zielesch reported for Berliner Volks Zeitung on a dress rehearsal of the first Black revue to tour interwar Europe, The Chocolate Kiddies, as they prepared for a sold-out residency at Berlin’s Admiralpalast (fig. 1). The performance astounded her. It was a full sensory experience, featuring almost fifty performers. Divided into four sections,

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• Chocolate Kiddies 1925 European tour [wikipedia]

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