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Preceding tape: 102-2.  Ernest and Wonga continue on African art and Wonga wonders how Ernest was able to communicate w…

This file covers several topics between 1936 and 1937: turning down the Empire Exhibition commission, meeting artist El…

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

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

Wonga asks Ernest about seeing African art for the first time at the British Museum. They speak of difference between W…

Ernest and Wonga discuss Ernest's early years and the year of his birth which he states is 1904 (note his passports giv…

There are 3 distinct topics: an incident at St Denis internment camp involving a fellow prisoner, Arthur Briggs; a neig…

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

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

In the first part, Wonga and Ernest speak of the Danish avant-garde during and after World War II; in the second part, …

Wonga revisits the African chieftain stick gifted to Ernest (see recording 103-1) leading them to discuss loss of cultu…

There are 2 distinct sections on the recording, first Ernest tries to recall the incidence around his artwork "Future A…

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

Mancoba speak of Christianity and Marxism, the latter discovered whilst at the University of Fort Hare; discussion cont…

This file continues from 106-1 on Carl Kjersmeier, but Ernest is diverted to speaking of his time at the University of …

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

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

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

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

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