Nearly 200 years has passed and 16 years after the end of Apartheid South Africa and still the exploitation of Sara Baartman continues. And where is this taking place? In a shop in Johannesburg were china ornaments of Sara Baartman’s body are on sale amongst household wares and “colonial throw-back domestic workers uniforms. This vile and outrageous act must be stopped. The creators, producers and shops selling these products must be challenged and stopped.
I dont have the name of the shop nor the link at present but as soon as I do I will post them and ask people to contact the shop to stop them from being sold.
Thanks Gabrielle Le Roux for bringing this to our attention.
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January 10th, 2010 at 3:08 pm #
ornaments??!? wow…
January 10th, 2010 at 6:52 pm #
holy hell
January 11th, 2010 at 12:53 pm #
Oh my God.
January 13th, 2010 at 8:13 am #
Will the world ever let this woman just rest in peace? She suffered so in life and is still not allowed a peaceful death. These statues are disgusting and however made them should be ashamed. I cannot believe that someone that this is something appropriate to profit from
January 14th, 2010 at 9:14 am #
I am horrified & I can’t help but wonder if those were partially made from the cast of Bartmaan’s body taken against her will after her death that were recently returned to South Africa by the French … words fail
January 31st, 2010 at 8:50 pm #
It is so sad that this woman’s dying wish of not having her body put on display was not honored and even into these times people continue to disrespect her remains and her memory.