Sarah Bartmann Fellowship

The story of Khoe woman Sarah Baartman, and the fate she suffered at the hands of 19th century colonial violence, is well known globally. However, indigenous decolonial scholarship on the San and Khoe is emergent. The launch of the San and Khoi Centre by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town in September 2020 is therefore of national significance for research and knowledge production on indigenous feminist epistemologies in honour of the life of Sarah Baartman and what it represents for decolonization. UCT’s Sarah Baartman Hall (graduation hall), formerly the Jameson Hall, was renamed two years ago to acknowledge this history. This process was led by the A/XARRA Restorative Justice Forum, a community knowledge partnership with the university. The fellowship was established to honour the life and legacy of Sarah Baartman (c.1789 – 1815) as symbolic of feminist restorative justice and transformation in higher education in South Africa. The establishment of the fellowship by the university’s research office is a direct response to meet the agreement made with communities in the endorsement of the naming of Sarah Baartman Hall in 2018. Dr Barbere Chacha of Laikipia University, Kenya, was the first recipient of the fellowship award during the period of 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022.

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eng Sarah Bartmann Fellowship
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eng The story of Khoe woman Sarah Baartman, and the fate she suffered at the hands of 19th century colonial violence, is well known globally. However, indigenous decolonial scholarship on the San and Khoe is emergent. The launch of the San and Khoi Centre by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town in September 2020 is therefore of national significance for research and knowledge production on indigenous feminist epistemologies in honour of the life of Sarah Baartman and what it represents for decolonization. UCT’s Sarah Baartman Hall (graduation hall), formerly the Jameson Hall, was renamed two years ago to acknowledge this history. This process was led by the A/XARRA Restorative Justice Forum, a community knowledge partnership with the university.

The fellowship was established to honour the life and legacy of Sarah Baartman (c.1789 – 1815) as symbolic of feminist restorative justice and transformation in higher education in South Africa. The establishment of the fellowship by the university’s research office is a direct response to meet the agreement made with communities in the endorsement of the naming of Sarah Baartman Hall in 2018.

Dr Barbere Chacha of Laikipia University, Kenya, was the first recipient of the fellowship award during the period of 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022.
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1 July 2022
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eng Indigenous ancestory and legacy stories

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The Status of Teaching Women's History in African Universities: Prospects and Challenges ( A Sarah Baartman Inaugural Fellow Seminar) Event
Making history, writing the present: The WCCR and Black Feminism at UCT Event
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Babere Kerata Chacha Project Team Person
Gabeba Baderoon Project Team Person