Selections from the Harold E. Scheub Collection
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dr. Harold Scheub was the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Humanities in the Department of African Languages and Literature and one of the world's leading scholars in African oral traditions and folklore. To record oral traditions he walked more than 6000 miles through South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. Dr. Scheub published more than two dozen books and more than 70 articles.
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Zulu
Time: About 1:30 pm Place: Outside, along a path in the Ndwandwe section of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 35 years old / …
Xhosa
Time: About 2 pm Storyteller: Mrs. Ranuga, wife of the headman (see ScheubH.02.02.37.1S-67) Audience: Ranuga's two daughters, Grace and Virginia, and other women and children
Xhosa
Time: About 10:30 am Place: In another home in Xhama Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Xesibe woman / She is about 30 years old / While she performs, she …
Xhosa
Time: About 6 am Place: In a remote home in Kanyayo Location, Bizana District Storyteller: A Mpondo woman / She is about 35 years old Audience: Two women, two men, …
Swati
Performer: Ivis Zodwa Nkambule, a Swati girl; she also performed 2S-1690, 1694, 1698, 1727, 1728, 1734, 1841, 1842, 1845, 1847, 1905, 1908, and 1914 Place: Outside, near Ngwane Central Secondary …
Xhosa
Performer: Mrs. Thelekiso, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 3S-79, 80, 82, 85, 86, 90, 93, 103, 106, 117, 118, 119, 123, 125, 159, 160, 179, 190, 251, 274, 275, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Egadini, 10 am (until about 7 pm) Audience: Varies through the day Notes: Six and one-half hours; total now about eighteen hours. …
Zulu
Time: About 10:30 am Place: In a home along a mountainside in the Zungu area of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Hlongwa / She is about 18 years …
Swati
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a home in Nyaniso Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 60 years old / She also performed 1S-1770 and …
Performer: Sheila Nkala, a 13-year-old Ndebele girl from Essexvale District; she also performed 2S-2420, 2571, and 2670 Place: In a home Audience: Now includes ten Ndebele girls
Zulu
Time: About 9:30 am Place: In a home in the Ndebele part of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 45 years old Audience: Ten …
Swati
Performer: Maria Manana, a Swati girl, 11 years old, second grade; she also performed 2S-1342 Place: In a Mliba home, 3 pm Audience: Twelve Swati children
Zulu
Time: About 5 pm Place: In a home in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, the Dlamini area Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Dlamini / She is about 45 years …
Swati
Performer: Jerome Fakudze, a Swati man, 20 years old, form three; he also performed 2S-1420, 1423, 1459, 1466, 1511, 1515, 1548, 1553, 1584, 1586, 1618, 1619, 1622, 1623, 1679, 1681, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nohatyula Miyeki, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 2S-33, 34, 35, 98, 100, 101, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 144, 145, 146, 153, 155, 160, 162, 166, 168, 177 …
Zulu
Time: About 10:30 am Place: In a kraal in Upper Hlabathi Location, Lusikisiki District Storyteller: A Cele woman / She is about 40 years old Audience: Now about twenty women, …
Performer: Clevis Gumpo, a Ndebele woman, 30 years old; she also performed 2S-2077, 2080, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2121, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2342, 2343, …
Xhosa
Time: About 10 pm Place: Outside, in a kraal in Qubeni Location, Lusikisiki District-very dark outside Storyteller: A Mpondo woman / She is about 40 years old / She also …
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman; she is 35-40 years old; she also performed 2S-1649 and 1655 Place: Outside, in his kraal, 8 am Audience: Three women, two men, five children, all …
Xhosa
Performer: A Xesibe woman; she is about 30 years old; she also performed 2S-361 and 363 Place: In a home in Nqabeni Audience: Five women, five children, all Xesibe
Performer: Elizabeth Zondo, a Ndebele woman, 60-70 years old; she also performed 2S- 2157, 2165, 2486, and 2487 Place: In a house in Eva Ndlovu's kraal, 9 am Audience: Two …
Performer: Maud Ndlovu, a 13-year-old Ndebele girl from Belingwe District; she also performed 2S-2527 and 2560 Place: In a house Audience: Unrecorded
Xhosa
Performer: A Xesibe woman, about 70 years old; she also performed 2S-468 and 516 Place: In the home of Manyawusa Sodidi. 9 am Audience: Now twenty women, two men, ten …
Xhosa
Performer: A Mpondo woman, 40 to 45 years old; she also performed 2S-289 and 316 Place: Outside her home in Qubeni Location, Lusikisiki District, inside now Audience: Five women, one …
Xhosa
Time: About 8 pm Place: In a home in Mgugwani Location, Lusikisiki District Storyteller: A Mpondo man / He is about 18 years old Audience: Three teenage boys, about ten …
Performer: Clevis Gumpo, a Ndebele woman, 30 years old; she also performed 2S-2077, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2121, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2342, 2343, 2344, …
Zulu
Time: About 9:30 am Place: In a home in the Ndebele part of the Ndlebe area of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndebele / She is about 40 …
Swati
Performer: A Zulu man, 25-30 years old; he also performed 2S-1794, 1795, 1929, and 1930 Place: In the house of Lena Mkhonza, the 35-year-old Zulu woman who performed 2S-1701, 1702, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nohatyula Miyeki, a Gcaleka woman, about 65 years old. She also performed 2S-33, 35, 98, 100, 101, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 144, 145, 146, 153, 155, 160, 161, …
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman, about 25 years old; she also performed 2S-1147 Place: Outside, in another kraal, 10:30 am Audience: One woman, one man, two children, all Swati
Swati
Time: About 9 am Place: In a home in the headman's kraal in Lutshikini Location, Mount Frere District, deep in a valley Storyteller: A Bhaca woman / She is about …
Xhosa
Time: About 1:30 pm Place: In another home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 35 years old / She also performed 1S-2487 and …
Performer: Agnes Ncube, a Ndebele woman, about 35 years old; she also performed 2S-2054, 2055, 2056, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2078, 2079, 2094A, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, …
Swati
Performer: Phindile Mabuza, an 11-year-old Zulu girl; she also performed 2S-1708, 1709, 1719, 1750, 1751, 1803, 1829, and 1953 Place: In a house in another kraal (the house of Lena …
Xhosa
Performer: Mrs. Golomi Ntasambana's 12-year-old daughter, a Gcaleka girl. She also performed 2S-18 Place: In Mrs. Ntasambana's home, in Nkanga Audience: Five children and teenagers, Mrs. Ntasambana Notes: She receives …
Performer: Beauty Moyo, a 14-year-old Ndebele girl from Gwanda District; she also performed 2S-2462 and 2463 Place: In a room Audience: Ten teenaged Ndebele girls and boys
Xhosa
Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Egadini at first, edongeni in the afternoon (rain), 10 am (until about 6 pm) Audience: Varied throughout the day Notes: Six and …
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman, about 30 years old; she also performed 2S-1324, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1332, 1333, and 1334 Place: In Sarah Dlamini's home, noon Audience: Five women, three children, …
Xhosa
Time: About 2 pm Place: In a home in Sigidi Location, Engcobo District, on a very hot day Storyteller: A Thembu woman / She is about 40 years old / …
Swati
Performer: Sakhile Mkhonda, a Swati woman, 25-30 years old; she also performed 2S- 1800, 1801, 1802, 1820, 1831, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1935, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, …
Swati
Performer: Philip Ndzimandze, a Swati man, 75-80 years old; he also performed 1S- 1132, 1133, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1169, 1170, 1171, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, and 1270 …
Zulu
Time: About 3 pm Place: In a home in Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Buthelezi / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-2815 Hlakanyana …
Zulu
Time: About 10 am Place: In a very remote area, in the Shezi part of Nkandla District, very mountainous, rain and mist Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Shezi / She …
Zulu
Time: About 4:30 pm Place: In a home in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, Dlamini area Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Dlamini / She is about 45 years old …
Xhosa
Time: About 9 am Place: Outside, in a kraal in Gunqwani Location, Lusikisiki District Storyteller: A Mpondo woman / She is about 60 years old / She also performed 1S-836 …
Zulu
Time: About noon Place: kwaMakhoba; in the home of Martha W. Makhoba in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, Ndebele area, overlooking a valley Storyteller: A Zulu man, a Ndebele …
Swati
Time: About 10 am Place: In a home in Nyaniso Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 40 years old / She also performed 1S-1774 Related …
Xhosa
Performer: A Mpondo woman, 40 to 45 years old; she also performed 2S-288 and 289 Place: In Macutsha Sidima's home, 11:30 am Audience: Now ten women, two men, ten children, …
Swati
Performer: Emily Ndzobana, A Hlubi woman; she also performed 2S-197, 201, 203, 199, 228, 229, 234, 237, 238, 240, 260, 264, 267, 269, 270, 271, 273, 275, 298, 299, 303, …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, about 20 years old; she also performed 2S-1018 Place: In the home of Asilita Philisiwe Khumalo, a Zulu woman, about 50 years old, noon Audience: Four …