A VICTIM REVISITED Ko-Thi recalls, with sense of kinship, tragic 'Hottentot Venus' From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: October 27, 2004| Author: TOM STRINI | Copyright 2004 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A VICTIM REVISITED

Ko-Thi recalls, with sense of kinship, tragic 'Hottentot Venus'

Ferne Caulker and her Ko-Thi Dance Company will shine a light this week on the Hottentot Venus, the tragic woman at the center of one of the stranger, crueler episodes in the long history of human folly.

According to zar.co.za, an informational Web site about all things South African, the Hottentot Venus was born Ssehura on the southern tip of Africa in 1789. Ssehura later became known as Sa...

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