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[[Sarah Baartman]] () is a
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She has become a famous [[Griqua]] and [[Khoi-Khoi]] icon, and has been the subject of a number of works of art, literature, theatre and film.
 
 
 
Also known as '''[[Sara Baartman]]''',  '''[[Saartjie Baartman]]''' or the '''[[Hottentot Venus]]''', the name under which she was displayed in Europe.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A famous [[Khoi-Khoi]] icon, [[Sarah Baartman]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saartjie_Baartman], has been the subject of a number of works of art, including * plays and performance. She has had her dignity restored in death when her remains were returned from Europe and buried in the Eastern Cape on August 9 2002. This was only achieved after the [[Griqua]] people launched a campaign in 1995 to get back her remains.
 
 
 
Among the plays based on her life have been:
 
 
 
''[[Kom terug, Saartjie]]'' (“Come back Saartjie”) by [[Hans Pienaar]] (2005), ''[[Cargo: Precious]]'' by [[Sylvaine Strike]] (2014).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cincluding * plays and performance. She has had her dignity restored in death when her remains were returned from Europe and buried in the Eastern Cape on August 9 2002. This was only achieved after the [[Griqua]] people launched a campaign in 1995 to get back her remains.
 
 
 
Among the plays based on her life have been:
 
 
 
''[[Kom terug, Saartjie]]'' (“Come back Saartjie”) by [[Hans Pienaar]] (2005), ''[[Cargo: Precious]]'' by [[Sylvaine Strike]] (2014).
 
 
 
 
 
==Biography==
 
 
 
Born sometime in the period 1770s–1789 near the Gamtoos River, Eastern Cape, Dutch Cape Colony.
 
 
 
She died in Paris, France in 1815. 
 
 
 
She has had her dignity restored in death when her remains were returned from Europe and buried in the Eastern Cape on August 9 2002. This was only achieved after the [[Griqua]] people launched a campaign in 1995 to get back her remains. Her remains are now interred at Vergaderingskop, Hankey, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
 
 
 
==Cultural role==
 
 
 
Among the plays and performance pieces based on her life have been:
 
 
 
''[[Kom terug, Saartjie]]'' (“Come back Saartjie”) by [[Hans Pienaar]] (2005),
 
 
 
''[[Cargo: Precious]]'' by [[Sylvaine Strike]] (2014).
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saartjie_Baartman
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Baartman
 

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