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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman (Hottentot Venus)

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Saartjie “Sarah” Baartman(before 1790 – 29 December 1815) (also spelled Bartman, Bartmann, Baartmen) was the most famous of at least two Khoikhoi women who were exhibited as freak showattractions in 19th-century Europe under the nameHottentot Venus—”Hottentot” as the then-current name for the Khoi people, now considered an offensive term,  and “Venus” in reference to the Roman goddess of love.
A caricature of Baartman drawn in the early 19th century

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