![]() Her unique position attracted the attention of a bright young employee of the Company, Pieter Van Meerhoff, who became her lover soon after his arrival at the Cape in 1659. Her direct mediation enabled the Dutch to open up a profitable new trading enterprise with Oedasoa, who in turn used Eva as his personal agent within the Dutch community. When military conflicts left Eva identified as a Dutch collaborator, she contacted her sister's husband, chief Oedasoa. The evidence also hints at an especially close and sensitive, possibly sexual, relationship between her and Van Riebeeck. When Eva learned Dutch expertly, she quickly became their most trusted interpreter. The Dutch received her comfortably as a servant, child minder and companion for Van Riebeeck's young nieces. ![]() It appears that her own people sent her to work for the Dutch as a young girl, both to serve as a token of goodwill, to gain prestige as the protégée of the household of a powerful leader and to become familiar with Dutch ways. ![]() This article offers a fresh interpretation of the life of Krotoa/Eva, the famous Khoena interpreter of Jan Van Riebeeck, whose gender gave her a unique position in relation to both Dutch and Khoena society. ![]()
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