The change was spurred by the use of "hottentot," an outdated and offensive term for the Khoekhoe people of Southern Africa.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 ...

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The story of Sara Baartman, the so-called Hottentot Venus, who was exhibited in both London and Paris at the beginning of the nineteenth century, is part of the long narrative of scientific racism. In ...

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 ...

The Hottentot Venus : the life and death of Saartjie Baartman : born 1789 - buried 2002 / Rachel Holmes Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author Holmes, Rachel Subject Baartman, Sarah ...

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 ...

DURING the past four years I have been compiling a preliminary list of the vertebrate fauna occurring in this National Park, situated in the Inyanga region of eastern Southern Rhodesia. During the ...