Her poem I’ve Come to Take You Home was written into French law. It deals with the repatriation of the remains of Sarah Baartman.
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Undocumented for decades, black South African feminists are increasingly visible. The essays in Surfacing present 22 leading thinkers.
Sarah Baartman’s name can be elevated to the highest point of the University of Cape Town’s campus, but if her legacy isn’t built into each classroom and interaction the honour is hollow.
South African Visual Artist Senzeni Marasela’s work creates a tension between the narrations of public wounding and her private one.
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South African visual artist and senior lecturer of Art History and Visual Culture at Rhodes University, Rhodes University
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Research Fellow at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African Studies, Penn State
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Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English Literary Studies, University of Cape Town