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Published: April 9, 2019, 10 p.m.

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There is a common misconception about Europe and Black people; that basically, there are no black people there other than maybe in London. As a first-generation West Indian born in London myself, I too fall victim to this strange phenomenon. Occasionally, a reader from Russia or as happened this week from Estonia will contact me and I\'ll think to myself \\u201cHow on earth did black people get there?\\u201d Yea I know it\\u2019s dumb, but if you catch me on a miserable Monday morning, I\\u2019m liable to think anything. So, more to remind me than to educate anyone else that we are a global people, this particular slice of history is from Poland via Germany. Let me introduce you to Miss Lala also know as, Olga Kaira, \\u201cOlga the Mulatto\\u201d, \\u201cOlga the Negress\\u201d, \\u201cThe Venus of the Tropics\\u201d, \\u201cThe Cannon Woman\\u201d and \\u201cThe African Princess.\\u201d

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Miss Lala was born Anna Olga Albertina Brown to Wilhelm Brown and Marie Christine Borchardt, on April 21, 1858, in the former German (but now Polish) city of Stettin (Szczecin).

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Miss Lala though possessed incredible strength, an all-around circus performer she worked at various times as a wire walker, trapeze artist, hand balancer, strong woman and incredibly enough an iron jaw performer. 

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She first appeared in the circus aged 9 and found fame aged 21 in France. She toured around Europe eventually finding her way to London where she performed at the Royal Aquarium and Manchester\'s Gaiety Theatre.

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Lala was part of the troupe called Folies Berg\\xe8re and the Keziah Sisters. She partnered with another strength acrobat called Theophila Szterker/Kaira la Blanche. Together they were known as Les Deux Papillons (The two butterflies).

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