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A circus clown. Born in South Africa of Korana ancestry and named [[Franz Taibosh]], he somehow ended up as a one of the "Bushmen" ([[San]]) from Africa who became exhibits in Western show business. He however became a star performer of the [[Ringling Brothers]] and [[Barnum and Bailey]] Circus in the 1920s and 1930s, and saw self-fulfilment as a member of an American show-business family. For three decades he danced and yelled on stage as the "Wild Dancing Bushman" in music halls, circuses and freak-shows, in England and France, Ireland and Cuba, as well as the United States and Canada. When he died in 1940, an obituary in the ''New York Times'' called him “the only African bushman ever exhibited in this country”. But it was not known where he really came from, or how he had come to America – where he was often mistaken for an Australian.Franz Taibosh danced and yelled on stage as the Wild Dancing Bushman for three decades in music halls, circuses and freak-shows, in England and France, Ireland and Cuba, as well as the United States and Canada. He entertained millions as a little wild man who thrilled and enchanted child spectators.

A biography of [[Clicko]] by [[Neil Parsons]] was published in 2009.

== Sources ==
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

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−	A circus clown. Born in South Africa of Korana ancestry and named [[Franz Taibosh]], he somehow ended up as a one of the "Bushmen" ([[San]]) from Africa who became exhibits in Western show business. He however became a star performer of the [[Ringling Brothers]] and [[Barnum and Bailey]] Circus in the 1920s and 1930s, and saw self-fulfilment as a member of an American show-business family. For three decades he danced and yelled on stage as the "Wild Dancing Bushman" in music halls, circuses and freak-shows, in England and France, Ireland and Cuba, as well as the United States and Canada. When he died in 1940, an obituary in the ''New York Times'' called him “the only African bushman ever exhibited in this country”~~. But~~ it was not known where he really came from, or how he had come to America – where he was often mistaken for an Australian.Franz Taibosh danced and yelled on stage as the Wild Dancing Bushman for three decades in music halls, circuses and freak-shows, in England and France, Ireland and Cuba, as well as the United States and Canada. He entertained millions as a little wild man who thrilled and enchanted child spectators.	+	A circus clown. Born in South Africa of Korana ancestry and named [[Franz Taibosh]], he somehow ended up as a one of the "Bushmen" ([[San]]) from Africa who became exhibits in Western show business. He however became a star performer of the [[Ringling Brothers]] and [[Barnum and Bailey]] Circus in the 1920s and 1930s, and saw self-fulfilment as a member of an American show-business family. For three decades he danced and yelled on stage as the "Wild Dancing Bushman" in music halls, circuses and freak-shows, in England and France, Ireland and Cuba, as well as the United States and Canada. When he died in 1940, an obituary in the ''New York Times'' called him “the only African bushman ever exhibited in this country”, even though it was not known where he really came from, or how he had come to America – where he was often mistaken for an Australian.

	A biography of [[Clicko]] by [[Neil Parsons]] was published in 2009.		A biography of [[Clicko]] by [[Neil Parsons]] was published in 2009.

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Satj at 04:53, 8 November 2012

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