Ashton Harris collaborated with the model Renee Valerie Cox to produce a photographic image, Hottentot Venus 2000. Barbara Chase-Riboud wrote the novel Hottentot Venus: A Novel (2003), which humanizes Sarah Baartman Cathy Park Hong wrote a poem entitled "Hottentot Venus" in her 2007 book Translating Mo'um. Lydia R. Diamond's 2008 play Voyeurs de Venus investigates Baartman's life from a postcolonial perspective. A movie entitled Black Venus, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Yahima Torres as Sarah, was released in 2010. Hendrik Hofmeyr composed a 20-minute opera entitled Saartjie, which was to be premiered by Cape Town Opera in November 2010. Joanna Bator refers to a fictional descendant in her novel: Douglas Kearney published a poem titled "Drop It Like It's Hottentot Venus" in April 2012. Diane Awerbuck has Baartman feature as a central thread in her novel Home Remedies. The work is critical of the "grandstanding" that so often surrounds Baartman: as Awerbuck has explained, "Saartjie Baartman is not a symbol. She is a dead woman who once suffered in a series of cruel systems. The best way we can remember her is by not letting it happen again." Brett Bailey's Exhibit B (a human zoo) depicts Baartman. Jamila Woods' song "Blk Girl Soldier" on her 2016 album Heavn references Baartman's story: "They put her body in a jar and forget her". Nitty Scott makes reference to Baartman in her song "For Sarah Baartman" on her 2017 album CREATURE!. The Carters, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, make mention of her in their song "Black Effect": "Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman hips", off their 2018 album Everything is Love. The University of Cape Town made the historic decision to rename Memorial Hall to Sarah Baartman Hall (8 December 2018). Zodwa Nyoni debuted at Summerhall in 2019, a new play called A Khoisan Woman - a play about the Hottentot Venus. Royce 5'9 references Sarah Baartman in his song "Upside Down" in 2020. Tessa McWatt discusses Baartman and the Hottentot in her 2019/20 book, "Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging". Meghan Swaby explores the ideas of colonialism and culture as they relate to BIPOC and Saartjie Baartman in her book/play, "Venus' Daughter". See also Awoulaba Body shape Female body shape Feminine beauty ideal Feminism and racism Human variability Human zoo Ota Benga Racial fetishism Racism in Europe Scientific racism Tono Maria References Bibliography Willis, Deborah (Ed.) Black Venus