Overview: As the "Hottentot Venus," Baartman remains a perpetual object of fascination for scholars examining race and colonialism.GordonChipembere has brought together historians, gender theorists, literary sc.Sarah Baartman‘s iconic status as the "Hottentot Venus" - as "victimized" African woman, "Mother" of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countless women of the African Diaspora - has led to an outpouring of essays, biographies, films, interviews, art installations, and centers, comprising a virtual archive that seeks to find some meaning in her persona. Yet even those with the
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