This week, Western media was full of praise for what they described as “Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to be inducted into France’s Pantheon”.
Josephine Baker, one of the most fascinating women of the 20th century, was inducted into the Pantheon early this week after an announcement by President Emmanuel Macron in August. She is the first woman of colour and the first artiste to be interred at the mausoleum, which houses the remains of the most revered French citizens.
