Selections from the Harold E. Scheub Collection

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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Southern Sotho

Performer: Paballo Nare, a 16-year-old Sotho girl from Manama in Gwanda District; she also performed 2S-2412, 2415, and 2543 Place: In a home Audience: Varies through the day


Southern Sotho

Time: About 2 pm Place: Still in the Ntsizwe Mountain valley-now in the Nqabeni part of Lubaleko Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Sotho man / He is about 60 …


Southern Sotho

Time: About 3:30 pm Storyteller: Martha Lugogwana / Sotho / She is 19 years old / Her home is in Matatiele / She is in her third year at the …


Southern Sotho

Performer: Paballo Nare, a 16-year-old Sotho girl from Manama in Gwanda District; she also performed 2S-2412, 2415, and 2542 Place: In a home Audience: Varies through the day


Southern Sotho

Time: About 2 pm Place: Still in the Ntsizwe Mountain valley-now in the Nqabeni part of Lubaleko Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Sotho man / He is about 60 …