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Topic: Lady Hottentot Laid to Rest in South Africa

Jude Olisa
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Lady Hottentot Laid to Rest in South Africa

Lady Saartje Baartman, a Khoisan of South Africa, was taken from her homeland in 1810 after a European ship's doctor told her that she could earn a fortune by allowing foreigners to look at her body.

Instead, she was forced to become a freak-show attraction investigated by supposed scientists in Europe and put under the voyeuristic eye of the general public.

She was forced to show off her buttocks and her genitalia at circus sideshows, museums, bars and universities. She died in 1816 aged 26, a penniless prostitute.

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I hope that Europe would understand when Africans decide to do the following:

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1). Create nude statues of Lady Diana, Margaret Thatcher, and Queen Elizabeth and promise to give them additional fortune by allowing foreigners to look at their nude body.

2). Turn them into a freak-show attraction investigated by supposed scientists in Africa and put them under the voyeuristic eye of the general public

3). Force them to show off their flat buttocks and their shriveled genitalia at circus sideshows, museums, bars and universities

4). Change their names to “Caucasica Malamus”, and refer to them as prostitutes.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

May her soul rest in peace.

[ August 11, 2002, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Jude Olisa ]

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