The tragic life of Sarah Baartman: The woman exploited for her body as the ‘Hottentot Venus’ and displayed even after death, finally came home 192 years later

Sarah Baartman's life was marked by colonial violence and exploitation in South Africa. She was exhibited in Europe as the "Hottentot Venus" for voyeuristic curiosity. French scien

The tragic life of Sarah Baartman: The woman exploited for her body as the ‘Hottentot Venus’ and displayed even after death, finally came home 192 years later

Sarah Baartman's life was marked by colonial violence and exploitation in South Africa. She was exhibited in Europe as the "Hottentot Venus" for voyeuristic curiosity. French scientists studied her body after her death,

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