A young Khoi girl, Krotoa, is taken from her tribe at 11 to serve Jan van Riebeeck, a Dutch trading partner. She adapts to Dutch culture, becomes an influential interpreter, and rises to prominence, but ultimately faces rejection from her own people and destruction by the Dutch.
Krotoa
Krotoa, an 11-year-old Khoi girl, is forcibly taken from her family to serve as a servant for Jan van Riebeeck, a trading partner of her uncle.