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[[Krotoa]] (or "Eva") (c.1642-1674) was a Khoi woman who worked, when she was young, as a playmate and babysitter in the household of Jan van Riebeeck, the first governor of the Cape Colony. As a teenager, she learned Dutch and Portuguese and like her uncle, Autshumato (a Khoi leader and trader) worked as an interpreter for the Dutch. In April 1664 she married Pieter van Meerhoff, a Danish surgeon. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krotoa]

Her story has been told in a number of ways, including stage and film texts by this name. 


=''[[Krotoa]]'' by [[Antoinette Pienaar]] and [[Frik de Jager]]  (1995)=

The one-woman cabaret text, written by [[Antoinette Pienaar]] and [[Frik de Jager]], was developed and performed by [[Antoinette Pienaar]], with music by [[Derek Fordyce]]. First staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1995 and later, in December 1995 in the Castle in Cape Town.

=''[[Krotoa]]'' by [[John van der Ross]] (2006)=

This  full-length play by [[John van der Ross]] was staged by [[For Him Productions]] in various Eastern Cape venues, directed by the author, in February 2006.

=''[[Krotoa]]'' by [[Daréll Lourens]] (2006)=
[[Krotoa]], text by Daréll Lourens. Directed by her at the [[KKNK]] 2006, [[Dawn Matthews]] as Krotoa. ''[[Die Burger]]'', 5 April 2006.

=''[[Krotoa]]'', a film by [[Roberta Durrant]] (2017)=

A feature film directed by [[Roberta Durrant]], released in 2017. 

Written by [[Margaret Goldsmid]] and [[Kaye Williams]], directed and produced by [[Roberta Durrant]], with [[Crystal-Donna Roberts]] in the lead. Also featuring [[Armand Aucamp]], [[Jacques Bessenger]], [[Ernest St Clair]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Brendon Daniels]], [[Deon Lotz]], [[Michael MacKenzie]] and [[Marcel van Heerden]].  Music by [[Murray Anderson]], cinematography by [[Greg Heimann]], makeup department head [[Francois Rademeyer]]. Crew also included  and [[Daniel-Duncan Rheed]].

= Sources =

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krotoa

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6758144/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

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