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Audio file 65-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest gives more details of the two traumatic incidences at Drancy and they speculate on why he was transferred there …

Audio file 65-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

File continues from 65-1 on Ernest's transfer back to St Denis; Ernest gives details of conditions in Drancy and they s…

Audio file 66-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Wonga speaks about the end of World War II and they turn to Alberto Giacometti's complex. Continues 66-2 with the death…

Audio file 66-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest recalls the death of Tonio Pototschnig which impacted him and Alberto Giacometti. Continued from 66-1About the r…

Audio file 70-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest speaks of working for the American military post-World War II and post-War II conditionsAbout the recordings: Er…

Audio file 72-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Many topics: artists friends, Sonja Ferlov's sculpture during the war, American segregationAbout the recordings: Ernest…

Audio file 73-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

They speak of the period when they decide to leave Paris and have not yet reached Denmark; likely preceding file:72-2; …

Audio file 73-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

In this file, they discuss leaving Paris for Denmark after World War II; they discuss the complexity of Ernest's nation…

Audio file 76-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

They discuss some of Ernest Mancoba and Sonja Ferlov Mancoba's artist friends. This file follows 76-1.About the recordi…

Audio file 80-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest speaks of his time in Cape Town when he met artists such as Lippy Lipshitz and was interviewed by the newspaper …

Audio file 81-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Wonga asks Ernest about meeting Bille and Ferlov Mancoba as important Linien artists. Discussion continues on 81-2About…

Audio file 81-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Wonga continues asking Ernest about Ejler Bille and Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, continues from 81-1 About the recordings: Ern…

Audio file 84-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest speaks of teachers at the University of Fort Hare and Sister Inez who was his "spiritual mother"About the record…

Audio file 85-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest speaks of his schooling and the need for Pathfinders because segregated South Africa would not allow Black boys …

Audio file 86-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest speaks of one of his earliest works, an ecclesiastical object for the Anglican Church in South Africa.About the …

Audio file 91-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga speculate on why Ernest was transferred from the more benign St Denis camp to the harsher Drancy camp …

Audio file 91-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Continued from 91-1, Wonga wants more details on Drancy internment camp. About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Ma…

Audio file 94-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga speak about two of Ernest's earliest works, "Black Madonna" aka "African Madonna" (1929) and "Future A…

Audio file 95-2 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Ernest and Wonga speak of the Cobra movement. About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Marc also known as Wonga, rec…

Audio file 102-1 (c.1990-2002)

Ernest Mancoba, Wonga Mancoba

Whilst Ernest was teaching near Pietersberg, he was gifted woodcarvings which he has treasured; he and Wonga speak of t…