Josephine Baker — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Josephine Baker — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Josephine Baker

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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