 "Venus" is based on some of the life events that have been recorded about a Khoikhoi woman, native to Southern Africa, called as Saartjie Baartman.What is known about the life of Baartman/ Venus Hottentot does not originate from primary sources in Baartman's perspective, rather, Baartman's life is known through secondary sources from spectators who watched her acts, from her owners in England, and from the French naturalist Georges Cuvier's team of scientists and his autopsy notes.The voice of Baartman is seldom known, as is how her personality reacted to Europe's colonial dehumanization and objectification of Khoisan women.