Exhibit S: Ode to Saartjie Baartman by a Black South African Woman
"She lived to be only 24 , after a life of seemingly never-ending struggle and lies. Like me she was also orphaned as a child. She was bought as a showpiece by an Englishman and smuggled to England never to set foot on her home soil again. She was supposedly well treated, paid, housed and respected by her 'owners.'
"This is her story fused with mine and told through, speech, skin, and movement."
- Thola Antamu
Following the 30 minute performance there will be a Q & A session in the theatre.
Thola Antamu is a professional dancer, singer and actress
specialising in poetry and movement as a mode of creating exhibitionist
theatre. After graduating from The Cape Academy of Performing Arts, Antamu
subsequently travelled internationally and was comissioned to create and
perform her piece "My Confessions" at JW3 in London. She also trained
and performed with the Artful Badger immersive theatre company in
"Flood" at London's feted The Vaults Festival. In her powerful new
solo production, "Exhibit S, Ode to Saartjie Baartman by a Black South
African Woman", Antamu uses a culmination of her extensive training and
techniques, South African history, everyday news, femininity and blackness to
evoke pertinent conversations and empower women.
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An exploited Khosain women that was a means of profit for an English gentlemen.