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  2. Sarah Baartman - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation:), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Xhosa-Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman ...

  3. Patensie - Wikipedia

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    Patensie is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Patensie lies along the R331 road just south of Noorshoek. The Kouga Dam is located several kilometres to the west. The name is Khoi in origin, and means "cattle resting place". [3]

  4. Repatriation and reburial of human remains - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Baartman was a Khoikhoi woman from Cape Town, South Africa, in the early 1800s. She was taken to Europe and advertised as a sexual "freak" for entertainment. She was known as the "Hottentot Venus." She died in 1815 and was dissected.

  5. The Life and Times of Sarah Baartman - Wikipedia

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    The film concerns a woman named Sarah Baartman during colonial times. Set between 1810 and 1815, the documentary relates the true story of a 20-year-old woman travelling to London from Cape Town. A member of the Khoekhoe people, the woman was exhibited as a freak across England and became known as the Hottentot Venus. An abolitionist group ...

  6. Jean-Baptiste Berré - Wikipedia

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    In the spring of 1815, Berré formed together with Léon de Wailly and Nicolas Huet the team of resident artists of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris who were tasked with painting a portrait of Saartjie Baartman. Saartjie Baartman was a Khoisan maidservant from the Cape Colony who at the age of 21 years had been smuggled to London ...

  7. How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation ...

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    Sarah Baartman was an international sensation of objectification. British LibraryIn “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE ...

  8. Diana Ferrus - Wikipedia

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    Ferrus is best known for her poem about Sarah Baartman, a South African woman taken to Europe under false pretenses and paraded as a curiosity. [2] She wrote the poem in 1998 while studying at Utrecht University. [3] [4] The popularity of this poem is widely believed to be responsible for the return of Bartmann's remains to South Africa. [5]

  9. Black Venus (2010 film) - Wikipedia

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    Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman who in the early 19th century was exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus". [1]