Stars

Star histories in The Bahamas have been marked since the early twentieth century by patterns of transnational migration across and between the Bahamas archipelago, the Americas and Europe. These pages trace some exemplary histories that transport Bahamian stars from The Bahamas to the US mainland, then outward to Britain and continental Europe.

Bahamian musical and film star Etta Cameron in the Friedrichstadtpalast East Berlin, singing with East German screen icon Manfred Krug and the Klaus-Lenz-Orchestra. The concert included soul, jazz, gospel, and songs from the opera “Porgy and Bess”. 24.3.1970