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Audio file 8-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Wonga proposes a structure for the interviews. They begin with Ernest's father and grandfather [they speak in both Fren…

Audio file 11-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga Mancoba discuss the value of art. Likely following file: 13-1About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's so…

Audio file 13-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Likely preceding file: 11-1. Ernest and Wonga continue their discussion on art and Wonga sets an objective for the fami…

Audio file 13-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Preceding file: 13-1. Even though Wonga continues his rumination on how to approach the narration of Ernest's memoire, …

Audio file 15-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga discuss Surrealism and Dada.About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Marc also known as Wonga, reco…

Audio file 17-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest sees humanity losing its bearings and art expressing the opposition of sadness and hope. The conversation is als…

Audio file 18-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest recalls 2 incidences of betrayal by peoples from whom he expected solidarity - at Drancy World War II internment…

Audio file 20-1 (c.1990-2002)

unknown narrator, Ejler Bille, Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga are joined by Ejler Bille (and an unknown male): they speak of individual freedom versus social respon…

Audio file 20-2 (c.1990-2002)

unknown narrator, Ejler Bille, Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Conversation with Ejler Bille continues from 20-1, they discuss the evolution of artAbout the recordings: Ernest Mancob…

Audio file 25-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Wonga proposes that the family memoire should set their experiences in the wider context of global happenstance, to und…

Audio file 25-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Continued from 25-1 when they discuss the strategy of the memoires Wonga is writing of Ernest and Sonja Ferlov. They co…

Audio file 26-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Marc also known as Wonga, recorded 200+ interviews with his father. The int…

Audio file 27-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

One of Wonga's project was to write about the mask. This appears to be a recording discussing the topic. Continues 27-2…

Audio file 27-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

This file continues from 27-1, Wonga speaking of masks and religion.About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Marc al…

Audio file 29-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga discuss "masks", a topic Wonga raised in files 27-1 and 27-2. About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's s…

Audio file 31-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest considers Surrealism's engagement with Freud and psychoanalysis and expresses his admiration for Max Ernst's col…

Audio file 31-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest explains how he learned of European art whilst in South Africa [this recording is in a mix of French and English…

Audio file 32-2 (c.1990-2002)

unknown narrator, Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Until 14:44, Wonga and Ernest discuss the Romantics and the relationship to the French Revolution. They are joined by a…

Audio file 33-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga speak of Ernest's beginnings in art in South Africa; he speaks of his lived experience and African spi…

Audio file 33-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Continuation of conversation from 33-1, Ernest goes on to speak of Guillaume's "Primitive Negro Sculptures" (1929) book…