THE FACE OF Sarah Baartman
The story of Sarah Baartman of South Africa who had an unusual long backside.
Sarah Baartman, also known as Saartjie Baartman, was a Khosa woman who was born in South Africa in the late 1789. She is famous for being exhibited as a freak show attraction in Europe in the early 18th century because of her large buttocks, which were considered unusual and exotic at the time.
Baartman was born in the Gamtoos Valley, in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South...
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The story of Sarah Baartman of South Africa who had an unusual long backside.
Sarah Baartman, also known as Saartjie Baartman, was a Khosa woman who was born in South Africa in the late 1789. She is famous for being exhibited as a freak show attraction in Europe in the early 18th century because of her large buttocks, which were considered unusual and exotic at the time.
Baartman was born in the Gamtoos Valley, in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South...
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