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As we celebrated on Monday 29 July the 350th anniversary of the death of Krotoa.... Who is Krotoa?
Krotoa is the niece of Autshumao or Harry the Beachcomber as the VOC Setlars labelled him ( the Leader of The ||AMMAQUA tribe.)
She was a diplomat and linguist who was based at the Fort DE Goede Hoop ( where the current Castle of Good Hope is based)
As we all know how colonized our history is regards to First Nations People; above is an article published in 2020 by the South African Heritage Resources Agency( SAHRA)
What we also mustn't forget is that the marriage to Danish Surgeon Peter Havengardt or his Dutch adopted persona of Pieter van Meerhof is on the same romanticism to the ' Pocahontas & John Smith' story. As Krotoa was like in today's status quo like all Khoi women still exposed to human trafficking; alcoholism; GBV; rape & teenage pregnancy.
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