What do you call the thing you picked and where does it go?
My granny called a side table for our passage
Why did you pick this furniture piece?
Memories and I seldom see it other houses
Explain what this furniture piece means to you or your family/friends?
It’s over 80 years old and has been used for tel table a entrance table often with the most beautiful flower arrangements
Tell me a story around this furniture piece? A memory, a thought or something that happened recently.
The one leg became wobbly so my aunt from London had it fixed we so worried that we loose such a family heirloom room
How does this piece of furniture make you feel?
Like my granny is always near because it’s still apiece of her life we got with us
Do you think this piece of furniture represents us as Coloureds? Why?
Yes it shows u that coloured people treasure things and how they looked after their possessions dissipate their removals from their homes
How would you describe your interpretation of Colouredness?
Like an old lady once told me the best way to describe colours .take a cup of milk a cup of black coffee take half of each what do u get
What other things strongly represent Colouredness?
It’s unique di se Goed en woorde Wat gebruik word dis eie aan ons
What does it mean to be Coloured in South Africa now?
Still the same as before u just stuck in the middle
What is your relationship with your Colouredness?
I feel fab about my identity for without it I be nothing
