Dear Hypatia Alexander.
Agreed with your statement of the two books, Eilande and Pieternella van die Kaap would create a better understanding as to who the real Krotoa van Meerhof was and her remarkable history. In fact I only recently found out that I too, am a descendant of Krotoa. Please bare with my broken parts of the history (I'm not learned in this, merely family history); what I've gathered from the family: Pieternella (Krotoa's daughter) married Daniel Zaayman in Mauritius or on the way to Mauritius (not sure), who is the great, great, great ... grandfather of my mother Anna Zaayman. My mother's brother Daniel had been so kind as to keep the family tree up to date and passed it on to us before he died. 

As a white South African, I am immensely proud to have found out that somewhere in our past, our family have Khoi genes, and such incredible genes at that! 

Wonderful to read your writings Ms October. I will be following you with great enthusiasm.