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Reclaiming Heritage: Dinknesh and Sarah Baartman

Cai Nebe
September 13, 2022

One of the world's oldest humanoid fossils, colloquially known as Dinknesh or "Lucy", has intrigued paleontologists for decades. But her name is also a point of pride for Ethiopians. Meanwhile Laila narrates how fascination and racist attitudes around Sarah Baartman resulted in a harrowing, cautionary tale of human exploitation.

https://p.dw.com/p/4GGm4

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