cover image: Mpokolwana Makambi, a Mfengu boy, intsomi

Mpokolwana Makambi, a Mfengu boy, intsomi

Time: About 2 pm Place: Nobanda School, Nculu Location, a school of 104 pupils, two teachers, Sub-B and Sub-A. Sub-A has gone home for the day; the Sub-B pupils are playing in front of the two rondavel-style houses that are the classrooms. The children tell the stories inside one of the classrooms, their classmates gathered just outside the door, listening. The teacher, Philda Ndleleni, about 28 years old, is also present|Storyteller: Mpololwana Makambi, a Mfengu boy / He is 9 years old / His home is in Nculu Location |He heard the story from his father / The audience consists of five other storytelling pupils inside the house, the teacher, and about fifty classmates gathered just outside the classroom door
nculu location
Description of object
Reel to reel audiotape
Format of Original
Sound recording
Published in
United States of America
Series
Selections from the Harold E. Scheub Collection