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: In another home in the Biyela part of Entonjaneni District, in the Biyela area Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Biyela / She is about 45 …
Zulu
Time: About 1 pm Place: In the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District (officially called, by the government, Mahlabatini District Reserve No. 20), a mountainous area, in a region occupied mainly …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woiman, about 30 years old; she also performed 2S-545 Place: In another home Audience: Seven women, ten children, all Zulu
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, 35-40 years old; she also performed 2S-940, 943, 948, 984, 986, 989, and 994 Place: In the home of storyteller of 2S-939, a Zulu woman 35 …
Zulu
Time: About noon Place: In a home in the Zungu section of Mahlabatini District, high on a mountain top, on the other side of a vast valley Storyteller: A Zulu …
Zulu
Time: About 2 pm Place: In a home in the Zungu section of Mahlabatini District, high on a mountain top, on the other side of a vast valley Storyteller: A …
Zulu
Time: About 11 am Place: Outside, in another kraal in Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Buthelezi / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-2878, …
Zulu
Time: About 1 pm Place: kwaMakhoba: In the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District (officially called, by the government, Mahlabatini District Reserve No. 20), a mountainous area, in a region occupied …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, about 40 years old; she also performed 2S-872, 873, 874, 987, 907, 908, 909, 929, 930, 938, 962, 963, 964, and 981 Place: In the home …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, 35-40 years old; she also performed 2S-866, 867, 885, 891, 901, 902, 923, 965, and 966 Place: In the storyteller's home as well as performances 2S-866 …