Antoinette Pienaar (born 1961) is a South African actress, singer, and
author.One of five sisters, Antoinette Pienaar was born in Beaufort
West, grew up in Carnavon and studied drama at the University of
Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town.She started her acting
career in Shakespearean productions and later turned to singing,
writing and storytelling, performing her gentle satires at the
National Arts Festivals of Grahamstown, Oudshoorn and other Southern
African theaters. As storyteller she is best known for her stories of
historical African heroines such as Krotoa of the Cape. Since 2001 she
has been apprentice to Oom Johannes Willemse (a Griqua Shaman) in the
deep recesses of the Karoo. She is also featured in "Van Nature", a
regular insert on the Afrikaans breakfast show Dagbreek
author.One of five sisters, Antoinette Pienaar was born in Beaufort
West, grew up in Carnavon and studied drama at the University of
Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town.She started her acting
career in Shakespearean productions and later turned to singing,
writing and storytelling, performing her gentle satires at the
National Arts Festivals of Grahamstown, Oudshoorn and other Southern
African theaters. As storyteller she is best known for her stories of
historical African heroines such as Krotoa of the Cape. Since 2001 she
has been apprentice to Oom Johannes Willemse (a Griqua Shaman) in the
deep recesses of the Karoo. She is also featured in "Van Nature", a
regular insert on the Afrikaans breakfast show Dagbreek
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