Black Women and Western Histories...

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saartjie_Baartman

• Saartjie Baartman
• known as a Venus Hottentot
• Khoikhoi 
• 1789 - December 29, 1815
• most famous of at least 2 (possibly 5) women exhibited in a freak show
• 4 years on exhibition in England, 1 year in Paris
• Napoleon's favorite doctor, George Cuvier was obsessed with her
• Cuvier dissected and displayed her body
• Baartman's body was on display for 150 years at the Museum of Man in Paris 

From Baartman to slave auctions to human zoos, black women's bodies have a long history of being on display.

from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/experience/gender/history2.html

from http://www.popularresistance.org/deep-racism-the-forgotten-history-of-human-zoos/

Narratives associated with these displays have historically dominated the ways in which popular culture remembers and identifies black women. I am attempting to explore how this cultural and collective memory influences the images of black women over the internet by contrasting general searches and self-mediated posts.    

from http://rapbest.ru/audio/tracks/9617-nicki-minaj-anaconda.html