WHAT THEY DID TO HER THEY DID TO US!!!!

“The first time Saartjie Baartman was dragged out to squat before the mob at 225 Picadilly, the show’s promoter billed her genitals as resembling the skin that hangs from a turkey’s throat [the turkey waddle]. For several years, working class Londoners crowded in to shout vulgarities at the protruding buttocks and large vulva of the unfortunate woman made famous across Europe as the “Hottentot Venus”. The aristocracy was no less fascinated at what they saw as a sexual freak, but they had private showings.” - author (?)

Sarah Baartman by Fred Mpuuga 

The Slave Family

Think about it:

Sarah Baartman's body plastered in death 2 

“A Poem For Sarah Baartman”

“I've come to take you home –home, remember the veld?

the lush green grass beneath the big oak trees

the air is cool there and the sun does not burn.

I have made your bed at the foot of the hill,

your blankets are covered in buchu and mint,

the proteas stand in yellow and white

and the water in the stream chuckle sing-songs

as it hobbles along over little stones.

I have come to wretch you away –

away from the poking eyes

of the man-made monster

who lives in the dark

with his clutches of imperialism

who dissects your body bit by bit

who likens your soul to that of Satan

and declares himself the ultimate god!

I have come to soothe your heavy heart

I offer my bosom to your weary soul

I will cover your face with the palms of my hands

I will run my lips over lines in your neck

I will feast my eyes on the beauty of you

and I will sing for you

for I have come to bring you peace.

I have come to take you home

where the ancient mountains shout your name.

I have made your bed at the foot of the hill,

your blankets are covered in buchu and mint,

the proteas stand in yellow and white –

I have come to take you home

where I will sing for you

for you have brought me peace.”

P/S:

For decades Sarah has been referred to as “Saartjie”, a Afrikaans diminutive form of “Sara”, the name appearing on her British baptism certificate. The diminutive form “tjie” is thought nowadays to be patronising, hence the renaming “Sarah”.

Source: South Africa Info

"... and now, today." 

blue mini skirt on big legged woman.