Saartjie Baartman looks proud, not only of who she is but also of the women she comes from. In today’s world, plastic surgery, bum creams, ...

The reason was that Baartman, also known as Sara or Saartjie, had what was called "steatopygia", resulting in extremely protuberant buttocks due to a build-up of fat.

Saartjie Baartman’s is the body that launched a thousand revolutions. Kim Kardashian’s is the one that tried to break the Internet—and this week, when a nude photo of the latter made the ...

The message of many black critics seemed to boil down to: Saartjie Baartman's exploitation may be an ugly part of our history, but it is still our history. IE 11 is not supported.

Playwright Lydia Diamond says Saartjie Baartman has been “floating around” in her head since college. “She’s a historical person who comes up a lot for women, African-American women in ...

The story of Saartjie Baartman, a South African woman exploited for her body, extends back to 1810. Yet the false sense of ownership over a woman’s body is ever present.

According to the UK Sun, Beyoncé is developing a film on Saartjie Baartman, an African woman forced into becoming a European freak show attraction because of her large rump. Per the British ...

They buried Saartjie Baartman, known as Sarah, today in a solemn ceremony on a small hill overlooking this Gamtoos River town, where she was born 213 years ago.

Rachel Holmes, author of The Hottentot Venus: The life and death of Saartjie Baartman, told the New York Times that Baartman was “a symbol of the alienation and degradations of colonization ...

Beyonce ‘In No Way Tied’ to Saartjie Baartman Film "BEYONCÉ is is no way tied to this project," her rep told Billboard in a statement (Jan. 5).

The story of Saartjie Baartman, a South African woman exploited for her body, extends back to 1810. Yet the false sense of ownership over a woman’s body is ever present.