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The 19th Century Kim: 'Hottentot Venus' whose big bottom sparked a global scandal 200 years before a certain Miss Kardashian
Sarah 'Saartjie' Baartman was shipped to Britain in 1810 and paraded as a freakshow display to entertain awestruck audiences
She came from a herding community of the indigenous Khoisan people who lived in a remote part of South Africa
The Khoisan, also dubbed the Bushmen and Hottentots, had pronounced buttocks which Europeans claimed showed how they were 'primitive'
Baartman was then taken to Paris and on her death in 1815 her genitals were put on display until they were returned to South Africa in 2002
She became an icon of exploitation among race and gender lines
Sarah 'Saartjie' Baartman was shipped to Britain in 1810 and paraded as a freakshow display to entertain awestruck audiences
She came from a herding community of the indigenous Khoisan people who lived in a remote part of South Africa
The Khoisan, also dubbed the Bushmen and Hottentots, had pronounced buttocks which Europeans claimed showed how they were 'primitive'
Baartman was then taken to Paris and on her death in 1815 her genitals were put on display until they were returned to South Africa in 2002
She became an icon of exploitation among race and gender lines
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