Sarah Baartman essay
Jocelyn Iyman
History
Discursive Essay:
To what extent did Sarah Baartman’s life illustrate the differences between the Khoisan and Europeans?
Grade 10
16 august 2013
(draft)
Sarah Baartman’s life showed the extent differences between the Khoisan people and the Europeans, in the factors of land ownership, religion, and their respect for others, their social, the role of women as well as the way they entertained in society.
Between the Khoikhoi, San and Europeans there was a vast difference in their beliefs of land ownership and property rights. The San, who were a hunting and foraging people, did not believe in ownership, as lived off the land. The Khoikhoi who were nomadic herders did believe in possession and had herds of cattle and sheep, but because they were nomadic, this meant they had land of their own (although others Khoikhoi clans could get permission from the local chiefs to use their resources). The Europeans (Dutch) did however believe in private land ownership.
Where the Dutch believed in private land ownership and Khoisan did not, this led to conflicts between the two groups, because the land that was granted to the free burghers (historical German title acquired by family descendants of the ruling class in German speaking towns) and Huguenots was land used by the khoikhoi for cattle grazing and furthermore this put a limitation to water access, and the wild animals that were hunted by the khoisan were rapidly becoming scarce.
The difference between the Dutch and Khoisan were shown in Sarah Baartman’s life was by the fact that she was sold as a slave to a Dutch framer, where no more was she free but rather property owned. This showed the vast difference between the two groups.
The Khoisan believed in a supreme being who controlled over their daily life and elements of the environment. This god was worshipped through rituals and small sacrifices. In counterpart to this god there was an evil deity they believed in, that brought about illness
History
Discursive Essay:
To what extent did Sarah Baartman’s life illustrate the differences between the Khoisan and Europeans?
Grade 10
16 august 2013
(draft)
Sarah Baartman’s life showed the extent differences between the Khoisan people and the Europeans, in the factors of land ownership, religion, and their respect for others, their social, the role of women as well as the way they entertained in society.
Between the Khoikhoi, San and Europeans there was a vast difference in their beliefs of land ownership and property rights. The San, who were a hunting and foraging people, did not believe in ownership, as lived off the land. The Khoikhoi who were nomadic herders did believe in possession and had herds of cattle and sheep, but because they were nomadic, this meant they had land of their own (although others Khoikhoi clans could get permission from the local chiefs to use their resources). The Europeans (Dutch) did however believe in private land ownership.
Where the Dutch believed in private land ownership and Khoisan did not, this led to conflicts between the two groups, because the land that was granted to the free burghers (historical German title acquired by family descendants of the ruling class in German speaking towns) and Huguenots was land used by the khoikhoi for cattle grazing and furthermore this put a limitation to water access, and the wild animals that were hunted by the khoisan were rapidly becoming scarce.
The difference between the Dutch and Khoisan were shown in Sarah Baartman’s life was by the fact that she was sold as a slave to a Dutch framer, where no more was she free but rather property owned. This showed the vast difference between the two groups.
The Khoisan believed in a supreme being who controlled over their daily life and elements of the environment. This god was worshipped through rituals and small sacrifices. In counterpart to this god there was an evil deity they believed in, that brought about illness