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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 Khoikhoi 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 ...
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.
The Sarah Baartman District Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Sarah Baartman; Afrikaans: Sarah Baartman-distriksmunisipaliteit), formerly the Cacadu District Municipality, is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, covering an area of 58,242 square kilometres.
Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane. [4]
Sarah Baartman Somerset East: 11,068 36,063 3.3 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality: BUF East London: 2,750 834,997 303.6 Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality: EC137 Chris Hani Ngcobo: 2,484 162,014 65.2 Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality: EC101 Sarah Baartman Graaff-Reinet: 28,653 82,197 2.9 Elundini Local Municipality: EC141 Joe Gqabi Nqanqarhu ...
Venus is a 1996 play written by American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks about the life of Khoekhoe woman Sarah Baartman.Set during the 19th century, the play opens in South Africa where Baartman was born, before transitioning to Europe as Baartman begins to perform in freak shows in London.
On 19 August 2002, the remains of Saartjie Baartman were laid to rest on Vergaderingskop, a hill on the edge of town. [ 8 ] As is the case with most South African towns, there are residential areas previously reserved for non-white residents set up on the outskirts of the town.
[2] [3] [4] The Sarah Baartman was commissioned on 10 January 2005. [5] Named after Khoikhoi woman, Sarah Baartman, she was built by Damen Group, of the Netherlands, at one of its Romanian shipyards, and was designed to be capable of patrolling South Africa's entire EEZ, including the area around the southerly Prince Edward Islands. [6] [7] [8]