Sarah Baartman

Sarah Baartman (c1770s-1815) was a is an iconic figure

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 [1], 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).

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.