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Ferlov Mancoba

Audio file 151-1

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World War II internment

[likely preceding tape: 150-2] Wonga wants to speak of racial segregation in the internment camps but Ernest is confused about his line of questioning [mentions Stephen Lawrence]

World War II internment

Wonga asks about two Jewish prisoners who were Ernest's friends in camp, Jean Weinfeld and Milosz [no further identification], but Ernest is not forthcoming in answering

Wonga asks if Ernest had non-Black and non-Jewish friends in the camp, and Ernest recalls Thomas, the English lawyer [no further identification] that it was through his advice that Ernest applied for British citizenship, that he was also a member of the camp's debating society

Ernest recalls that he successfully obtained a British passport instead of a South African one, but was denied its renewal, that Sonia, on the other hand, would be allowed to renew

Ernest's nationalities are also discussed in audio file 73-2

holocaust, World War II internment, colonialism

Wonga brings up Milosz who, being Egyptian, was initially considered British, but when the war broke out in Africa [mentions Romel], the Germans treated him as a Jew and sleighted him to be transferred to Royallieu-Compiègne; that knowing his possible fate, he gifted his clothing to Ernest; but at Compiègne he asked for them back via Sonja; after the war, Milosz recounted to Ernest and Sonja that it helped him escape from the camp

holocaust

Wonga speaks of the revisionists who deny the holocaust [mentions Jean-Marie Le Pen]

[tape ends, continues 151-2]

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47:38
Ernest Mancoba
Wonga Mancoba
Wonga wants to understand racial segregation within the internment camps; they discuss what happens to Milosz; likely following file: 151-2

About the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Marc also known as Wonga, recorded interviews with his father. The interviews seemed to serve different purposes and are not in chronological order.

ca.1990-2002 (151-1)

The audio files are undated but is likely to have been recorded some time between 1990 and 2002
Time index and commentary prepared by W. Sze
Paris
Estate of Ferlov Mancoba