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1 Dec 2018

Notes from the Human Zoo 3: The Case of Ota Benga

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Ota Benga (c. 1883 - 1916) If any one individual can lay claim to being the face of the human zoo, it's surely the pygmy Ota Ben...

Notes from the Human Zoo 2: The Case of Sara Baartman (the Hottentot Venus)

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Sara Baartman: adding to the gaiety of nations  and making the Georgian world go 'round I. Although more than one black ...

Notes from the Human Zoo 1: The Myth of the Great Family of Man

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Today, along with freak shows, bear pits, and public executions, ethnological expositions - aka human zoos - have pretty much bee...
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