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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 ...
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 caricature of Saartjie Baartman, called the Hottentot Venus. Born to a Khoisan family, she was displayed in European cities in the early 19th century. Poster for an anthropological exhibition in Paris, c. 1870. The abstract concept of human displays in zoos has been documented throughout the duration of colonial history.
In seventeenth-century Dutch, Hottentot was at times used to denote all black people (synonymously with Kaffir, which was at times likewise used for Cape Coloureds and Khoisans), but at least some speakers used the term Hottentot specifically for what they thought of as a race distinct from the supposedly darker-skinned people referred to as Kaffirs.
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 ]
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.
Black Venus may refer to: Black Venus, a French film based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman exhibited in Europe under the name "Hottentot Venus" Black Venus, a film directed by Claude Mulot; Black Venus (short story collection), an anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter; Black Venus, a novel by Jef Geeraerts
She was a precursor to Sarah Baartman the Hottentot venus. [10] He also perceived Dutch settlers in a negative way, attacking them for acting brutally against indigenous people. [11] A brave experimenter, he allowed a Hottentot medicine man to diagnose him when he fell ill and wrote of the successful treatment and cure. [12]