Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 CD and transcript
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Reiner Leist is a visual artist. He studied Visual Arts and Photography at the Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste in Muenchen, Germany. He later emigrated to South Africa and the United States.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The collection was deposited by Reiner Leist in 2015, facilitated by the Goethe Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection contains the audio record and transcript of an interview with Chris Hani in 1992. The interview was taken by Reiner Leist as part of a series of portraits made between 1989 and 1993 in South Africa, which were published in his book "South Africa: Blue Portraits" in October 1996 by Nazraeli Press.
Included is the audio file of the interview; the transcript of the interview in 1992; the edited version of the interview in 1993; and a copy of the title page of the book publication.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The audio record of the interview can only be accessed in the Historical Papers reading room.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Reiner Leist.