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Who was Josephine Baker?
An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.
Multi-year residence permit no. 154
Qui était Joséphine Baker ?
Who was Josephine Baker?
Answer. An American artist (singer and dancer) who became French, a Resistance member during the Second World War.
Une artiste (chanteuse et danseuse) américaine devenue française, résistante pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Josephine Baker obtains French nationality in 1937. She joins the Resistance during the war and fights against racism. She enters the Pantheon in 2021.
The official text that proves it
« En 1937, elle obtient la nationalité française. Durant la Seconde guerre mondiale, elle rejoint la Résistance comme agent des services secrets de la France libre. »
In 1937, she obtains French nationality. During the Second World War, she joins the Resistance as an intelligence agent for Free France.
In French, with its English meaning. read the official sheet
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