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 …