![]() The keeper of Wagenaer’s diary noted that this union was “The first marriage contracted here according to Christian usage with a native. On June 2, 1664, Krotoa married a prominent member of the Dutch colony, the junior surgeon Pieter van Meerhoff at the house of Commander Zacharias Wagenaer. ![]() ![]() That same year, the van Riebeeck’s left the Cape and Krotoa was given to van Riebeeck’s successor, Wagenaer, but the new Governor was doubtful of her since she was frequently leaving to visit her people. In 1662 Krotoa became the first indigenous Southern African to be baptised a Christian, and the Dutch settlers named her Eva. ![]() She was nevertheless said to have played a huge role in working out terms for ending the First Dutch-Khoi-Khoi War. She had in-depth knowledge of both Khoikhoi and Dutch culture going between both societies and exchanging her Dutch clothing for Khoikhoi skins, and vice versa.īut her major challenge was maintaining trust on both sides, as she did not know who to offer her full loyalty to either the Dutch, who had taken her in, or her people, whose land was being taken over by the Dutch. ![]() By 1660, Krotoa had bypassed her uncle to become the principal interpreter for the Dutch settlement at the Cape. Buy Krotoa-Eva: The Woman from Robben Island by Bloem, Trudie online on Amazon.ae at best prices. ![]()
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