🎧 Sarah Baartman: A Life On Show
🎧 Betwixt the Sheets • 41m
Who was Sarah Baartman? Why was she paraded across Europe as part of a 'freak' show? And why did it take until 2002 for her remains to be repatriated to her birthplace of South Africa?
Born around 1789, Sarah, who was derisively named as the 'Hottentot Venus', was publicly examined and exposed inhumanly throughout her life. Her brain, skeleton and sexual organs remained on display in a French museum until 1974.
Dr Robin Mitchell from joins Kate Betwixt the Sheets to discuss the tragic life of Sarah Baartman.
*WARNING this episode includes adult themes, explicit words, and graphic discussion about slavery and racism featuring words which are now rightly deemed as offensive.*
Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.
Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit. This episode includes music by Epidemic Sound.
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