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02/08/2007 |
Sarah Baartman - Women's Day Icon
As part of Women’s Day
celebrations, Iziko Museums will hold a special tribute to Sarah
Baartman, “the Hottentot Venus”, at 17:30 on 8 August at the
Iziko Slave Lodge.
Entitled “A tribute to Sarah Baartman: addressing the question of
the human remains in Heritage Institutions”, the talk will be
given by Dr Yvette Abrahams, a lecturer at UWC. Iziko Museums is one
of the organisations spearheading the issue of repatriation of
“unethically” collected human remains.
Sarah Baartman, a Griqua, was taken from the Cape to London in 1810.
Here she suffered intense humiliation, being exhibited as an object
of curiosity. Just six years later, aged 27, she died in Paris,
destitute and homesick. It was to be many years before her remains,
dissected and appropriated by various interested parties, were
repatriated and afforded a dignified burial in the land of her
birth.
For more information on the event, which includes refreshments,
please contact Wandile Kasibe 021 481 3804 or 083 335 6461.
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