The story of Sarah Baartman of South Africa who had an unusual long backside.

Sarah Baartman, also known as Saartjie Baartman, was a Khosa woman who was born in South Africa in the late 1789. She is famous for being exhibited as a freak show attraction in Europe in the early 18th century because of her large buttocks, which were considered unusual and exotic at the time.

Baartman was born in the Gamtoos Valley, in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. She was a member of the Khoikhoi, a group of indigenous people who lived in the region. As a young woman, Baartman was taken from her home by a British ship's doctor, William Dunlop, who promised her work as a servant in Cape Town. However, instead of being employed as a servant, Baartman was taken to England and exhibited as a sideshow attraction under the name "Hottentot Venus."

Baartman's large buttocks and elongated labia were considered unusual and exotic, and she was put on display in London and Paris, where people paid to gawk at her. She was also made to perform various tricks, such as dancing and singing, for the entertainment of spectators. Baartman was treated poorly during this time and was not paid for her performances.

Baartman died of siphilys in 1815 at the age of 26. She was sexually assaulted multiple times and her captors paid in exchange to experience ssehura also know by stage name The Hottentot venus , and her remains were dissected and put on display in a museum in Paris. In 2002, the South African government successfully campaigned for the return of Baartman's remains to South Africa, and she was finally laid to rest in 2002.

Baartman's story is a tragic one and serves as a reminder of the exploitation and mistreatment of people of color throughout history may she rest in eternal peace.

She wasn’t enslaved like West Africans. All this while I assumed she was captured as a child and sold into slavery. She got married thrice if memory serves me correct. She suffered bouts of depression and alcoholism, the latter which took her life. She also engaged in a stint of prostitution. I thought she died at an older age. Hmm, sad.

This brings me to the stupidity of the modern black female. Baartman was originally built that way not as a mutation, but an evolution. She likely had the biggest bottom in the village compared to others who were shaped no different. SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN EVOLVED THE FEATURE TO COMBAT FAMINE AND DROUGHT. Till this day, in lands of excess, their bodies haven’t changed. The average West African who is naturally built sturdily athletic chooses to go under the knife to fake South African features, all because white people of the past found them exotic. If that isn’t self hate, I don’t know what is.

The white man treated us badly but we must rise against self pity and the best way to pay them back is by excelling in all we do.

Yes it's hard to associate with them sometimes after reading certain stories but with the right attitude, we make them regret their actions everyday.

Proudly African-***** and repping Naija always.