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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Xhosa
Time: About 9 am Place: Along a path in Mgugwani Location, Lusikisiki District-the "Gates of the Umzimvubu River" mouth, where it empties into the Indian Ocean, are about eight miles …
Swati
Time: About 10:30 am Place: In a home on the slope of a mountain in Nyaniso Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 35 years old …
Xhosa
Time: About 11 am Place: In another home in Nambiti Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Xesibe woman / She is about 40 years old / She also performed 1S-1384 …
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, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nomatshedi, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 3S-29, 31, 42, 51, 53, 55, 66, 68, 94 Place: Outside, at dusk Audience: Nombongi and child Notes: A troublesome child causes …
Performer: Sithini Moyo, a 17-year-old Ndebele girl; she also performed 2S-2028, 2029, 2030, 2321, 2536, 2537, 2565, 2633, 2634, and 2635 Place: In a room Audience: Ten teenaged Ndebele girls …
Xhosa
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: The trading shop of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bird in Nqancule Location, Ngqamakhwe District|Storyteller: A Mfengu woman / She is about 50 years old |Audience: …
Swati
Time: About 9 am Place: In the home of an igqirhakazi in Nyaniso Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Sotho woman / She is about 45 years old / She also …
Swati
Performer: Nomsombuluwa Gladys Dlamini, a Swati girl, 12 years old; she also performed 2S-1609, 1612, 1663, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1674, and 1676 Place: Outside, in another kraal, 2 pm Audience: …