Watching a lot of old variety shows form the ’50s and ’60s and came across Amru Sani, who experienced some popularity then. She was identified as Indian in TV appearances, but earlier newspaper reports identified her as Jamaican. This ad is from a 1954 edition of The Gleaner, a Kingston newspaper. Regardless of her ethnic, racial, and national identification, exoticism marred her marketing and also afforded some fame, as she sang about other “spicy” subjects such as the bolero or Tabasco.
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