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The change was spurred by the use of "hottentot," an outdated and offensive term for the Khoekhoe people of Southern Africa. A scene from the classic movie "Mary Poppins." The beloved Disney ...

Each represented a different Indigenous group. “A Hottentot, a Kaffir, a Bushman, a Zooloo and a Fingo,” proclaimed an advertisement by P.T. Barnum's American Museum. “These interesting ...

hence the composite name “Khoisan” adopted by the auther—K hoi = Hottentot and San = Bushman. We are therefore grateful to Dr. Schapera for taking the trouble to assemble all the available ...

a South African woman who “performed” against her will under the name ‘Hottentot Venus.’ Baartman was put on display in London throughout the early 1800s and revered for her physique and ...

Small poster advertising the exhibition of the Hottentot Venus, a black woman (presumably Sarah Baartman, 1789-1815) from "the most southern parts of Africa" in what was probably seen in the less ...

The film ‘Mary Poppins’ has for decades been considered a family friendly film but has recently been reclassified due to the film’s use of the racial slur 'Hottentot'. The 1964 film used to ...

Byron Shire councillors will consider a recommendation to change the name of Hottentot Crescent in Mullumbimby to “Moonlight Close” after council resolved to commence the name changing process ...