Changing from domestic servant to wondrous attraction, Sarah Baartman was considered an ape in Europe. Though people paid in droves to stare at her body, she died in poverty far from her South African home.
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Jane Ayeko-Kümmeth, Thuso Khumalo and Gwendolin Hilse contributed to this package. It is part of DW's special series "African Roots", dedicated to African history, a project realized in cooperation with the Gerda Henkel Foundation.
