Sarah Baartman |1 From Camdeboo to Capetown
ILL REPUTE! with Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
English - September 25, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsHistory Society & Culture comedy feminism society culturalcriticism eladarling history popculture sociology sovereignsyre truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Before Nicki Minaj, before Kim Kardashian, before Marilyn Monroe, there was a South African woman whose voluptuous physique captured the European imagination. In 1809, Sarah Baartman an indentured servant to a free Black family in Capetown, caught the attention of a British surgeon. The industrious doctor envisioned a theatrical production to end them all, and make him, Sarah, and her employer rich. In part one of this two part series, we talk about where Sarah came from, and how she went from living in a thatched hut with her family in Camdeboo to performing in the African Theater of the bustling metropolis of Capetown, and two mens' audatious plan to smuggle her out of Africa and into Picadilly Square in London.
Sources:
African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus, by Rachel Holmes
From The Venus Sickness To The Hottentot Venus by Mansell Upham: https://mansellupham.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/from-the-venus-sickness-to-the-hottentot-venus-saartje-baartman-the-3-men-in-her-life-alexander-dunlop-hendrik-caesar-jean-riaux/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hottentot_(racial_term)
https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/baartman-sara-saartjie-1789-1815/
Documentary: https://youtu.be/ELI8nnOM3Bk
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Script by: Sovereign Syre
Hosted by: Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
Produced by: Josh Anderson
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