Ma’Kratoa !Goa /goãs
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| Frame | None |
|---|---|
| Medium | Mixed media painting |
| Height | 31.00 cm |
| Width | 26.00 cm |
| Artist | /Xam Fortuin |
| Year | 2022 |
Ma'Kratoa !Goa /goãs, 2021
Gauche, acrylic, ink, pastel, rooibos, wilde dagga, thorns, blue stone on canvas
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"Kratoa’s Khoekhoe name is !Goa/gõas. She was born around 1642. It’s speculated that she was taken from her family at the age of nine. The archive contains many interpretations of what Kratoa !Goa/gõas has come to represent for our contemporary society.
Some see her as the first victim of colonial conquest. Whilst others see her as the ‘bridge’ that brought the indigenous and settler populations together. Perhaps she was both. Kratoa’s story holds many ambiguities and contradictions. However, it should be kept in mind that Kratoa !Gao/gõas did not have the agency to write her own story as I am doing now. She may have used alcohol, as my father did, to commune with her ancestry and process her pain. Perhaps on Robben Island, she found comrades who supported her. Or maybe she found moments to connect with the soil, the mountains and the sea." (FORTUIN, 2022:43)
