Her name is synonymous with the ugliest of racial and sexual exploitation: The “Hottentot Venus”—born Sarah “Saartjie” Baartman in South Africa, circa 1770—became a freak-show attraction in early-19th ...
SFGate: 'Hottentot Venus' speaks from beyond the grave / Novel envisions tribal woman Sarah Baartman's tragic, exploited life as a carnival 'specimen'
'Hottentot Venus' speaks from beyond the grave / Novel envisions tribal woman Sarah Baartman's tragic, exploited life as a carnival 'specimen'
Her name was Saartjie (Sarah) Baartman, but in the years of her fame she was called the “Venus Hottentot,” much like Joseph Merrick who, some decades later, would become famous as the “Elephant Man.” ...
Publishers Weekly: Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
WLRN: Play Examines Tragic Life of Sarah Baartman, 19th Century 'Black Venus'
insider.si.edu: Representation and Black womanhood : the legacy of Sarah Baartman / edited by Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
Prelude: 'I've come to take you home" / by Diana Ferrus -- Introduction: claiming Sarah Baartman: a legacy to grasp / Natasha Gordon-Chipembere -- 'Body' of evidence: Saartjie Baartmann and the ...
Representation and Black womanhood : the legacy of Sarah Baartman / edited by Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
This Black History Month, we honor and remember Sarah Baartman—a name that symbolizes both the painful exploitation of Black women’s bodies and the resilience of their legacy. For centuries, Black ...
Actress Athena Lightburn as Sarah Baartman. In the early 19th Century, a legal battle was waged by British abolitionists to free a black woman brought to Europe from Africa. Her name was Sarah ...