Adjoa Osei
@AdjoaOsei1
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Historian | BBC New Generation Thinker @bbcradio3 | Writer | South London Girl | Linguist | Brazil | Afro-Latin America | Music Art Dance Fashion
London, England
Joined February 2021
The story of Elsie Houston -- a Brazilian, classically trained soprano. Follow her artistic and social networks from Brazil to Paris and then on to New York to open the door to an unexpected history of race, sexuality, and society during the 20th century
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Yesterday evening I was in conversation with the wonderful Samira Ahmed on BBC Radio 4's Front Row. We discussed Josephine Baker's memoirs, published in English for the first time. Listen here
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RT @SamiraAhmedUK: The French Feminist Mystique rules tonight's @BBCFrontRow. @AdjoaOsei1 discusses Josephine Baker's terrific memoir - pub…
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On 7 March at the Royal Academy of Arts, I will be joined by musicians from the Black British Classical Foundation to explore Brazilian modernism in music, with live performances of the key compositions of modern brasilidade. Tickets available via the link
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This is Christmas in Brazil. From a glorious midnight mass by baroque composer Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, to piano gems from social revolutionary Chiquinha Gonzaga, and sun-soaked Christmas classics from the key architects of bossa nova.
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Jon Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra is a new live concert experience re-framing some of his greatest works. With trumpeter Giveton Gelin, saxophonist Denys Baptiste, the ground-breaking Nikki Yeoh Trio and the ever-versatile BBC Concert Orchestra,
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RT @LivUniPress: We're celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with a fresh reading list, including free to read articles from @AdjoaOsei1 & @breast…
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My BBC Radio 3 Essay about 2 London girls who became chorus girls in 1930s Paris. This one is all about the Plaza Tiller Girls. Airs Friday 27 September at 9.45pm
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@EventBrockwell @richardwillq We found so many dangerous metal pieces just lying around, some well camouflaged. It was my friend's 2 year old who first innocently picked up that enormous nail! We've taken LOTS other photos too in case you need them. The park is dangerous in parts. Very worrying
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French impressionism, Black women and modernity. Who was the trapeze artist Miss La La? And why did Degas paint her? The National Gallery explores the trapeze artist who became the talk of 1870s Paris
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Gilles Peterson celebrates the iconic Brazilian singer Jorge Ben's 85th birthday.
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Samba school puts Rio’s long-silenced legacy of slavery at center of carnival
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Culture writer Olivia Giovetti travels to New York City to investigate the legacy of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and to ask, 100 years after its premiere, is it possible to write a single piece of music that sums up America in 2024?
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When the Nazis invaded France and searched Josephine Baker's home, she was hiding Resistance fighters in her basement. She distracted them through flirtation...
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