• African Venus is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring his son Joshua Redman. It was recorded in 1992 and released on the Evidence...
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    a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman similarly...
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  • "Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen, the...
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    A Venus figurine is any Upper Palaeolithic statue portraying a woman, usually carved in the round. Most have been unearthed in Europe, but others have...
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    Venus in Furs (German: Venus im Pelz) is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to...
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    Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams...
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    A transit of Venus takes place when Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth (or any other superior planet), becoming visible against (and hence...
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    The Williams sisters rivalry was a tennis rivalry between sisters Venus Williams and Serena Williams (born June 17, 1980, and September 26, 1981, respectively)...
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  • Venus is a 1996 play written by American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks about the life of Khoekhoe woman Sarah Baartman. Set during the 19th century, the...
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    The Venus of Tan-Tan (supposedly, 500,000–300,000 BP) is an alleged artifact found in Morocco. It and its contemporary, the Venus of Berekhat Ram, have...
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    The Williams sisters are two professional American tennis players: Venus Williams (b. 1980), a seven-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), and Serena...
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    was a South African-born British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as Notting Hill and Venus, as well as...
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  • Venus Xtravaganza (May 22, 1965 – December 21, 1988) was an American transgender performer. She came to national attention after her appearance in Jennie...
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  • Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is classified as a terrestrial planet. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister planet" due to their similar size...
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    A transit of Venus was observed from Earth on 8 June 2004. The event received significant attention, since it was the first Venus transit after the invention...
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    the subsequent expansion of the West African forest. West African hunter-gatherers occupied western Central Africa (e.g., Shum Laka) earlier than 32,000...
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  • The Venus of Hohle Fels (also known as the Venus of Schelklingen; in German variously Venus vom Hohlen Fels, vom Hohle Fels; Venus von Schelklingen) is...
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    Venus Anadyomene (Greek: Ἀναδυόμενη, "Venus, Rising from the Sea") is one of the iconic representations of the goddess Venus (Aphrodite), made famous in...
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    sometimes collectively known as the venus clams. This species is found around the European coast and also the southern African coast, from the Namibian coast...
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  • King Richard (film) (category Venus Williams)
    Smith as Richard Williams, the father and coach of famed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams (both of whom served as executive producers on the film)...
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  • Venus Records is a Japanese jazz record label. It was founded in 1992 by Tetsuo Hara, who had worked as a producer for RCA Victor. It mostly works with...
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    Richard Williams (tennis coach) (category African-American tennis coaches)
    1942) is a former American tennis coach and the father of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. Williams is the eldest of six children and the only...
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    to 10,000 years ago. Start of the second Mousterian Pluvial in North Africa. Venus of Petřkovice is created at Petřkovice in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It...
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    feature was once more widespread. Paleolithic Venus figurines, sometimes referred to as "Steatopygian Venus" figures, discovered from Europe to Asia presenting...
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    London.[citation needed] In 1851 he created “Bust of an African Woman" renamed "African Venus" by Théophile Gautier. From 1851 to 1866, Cordier served...
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  • Black Venus (French: Vénus noire) is a 2010 French drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. It is based on the life of Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman...
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  • Peterson & Clark Terry (1975) Joe Sample – The Three (1975) Dewey Redman – African Venus (1992) Dave Grusin – Homage to Duke (1993) Dr. John – Duke Elegant (1999)...
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  • Lorato Venus Blennies is a South African politician who has been the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Youth, Women, Disability, Communication...
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    Joshua Redman (category African-American Jews)
    Format: CD, digital download, streaming African Venus (Dewey Redman featuring Joshua Redman) Released: 1994 Label: Venus, Evidence Format: CD, SACD, digital...
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    The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark spot passing across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012,...
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