stephen jay gould and élisabeth de fontenay pointed out that these exhibitions were sexist, and focused on their own people ("ethnocenric"), in 1982. president nelson mandela asked that the remains of sarah baartman be given back to south africa. at first, french academics refused. it was only in 2002, that her remains were given back. there was a large funeral in "hankey" at the river gamtoos in the area of "baviaanskloof", on 9. august 2002. thabo mbeki, who was the president of south africa at the time, gave the funeral speech. the district cacadu, where her grave is was renamed to sarah baartman, in her honor, in 2015.