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 …
Performer: Esther Dube, a Ndebele woman, 25-30 years old; she also performed 2S-2256, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2513, 2627, 2628, 2735, 2736, 2737, 2738, 2739, 2836, and 2837 Place: In a …
Performer: Tokazi Dube, a Ndebele woman, 30-35 years old; she also performed 2S-2201, 2202, 2258, 2277, 2368, 2369, 2370, 2629, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2749, 2750, 2751, 2827, 2828, 2829, …
Xhosa
Performer: Tombi Mayida Macutsha, daughter of Macitibunga Macutsha Sidima, 35 to 40 years old, a Mpondo woman; she also performed 2S-213, 214, 221, 222, 223, 246, 257, 281, 286, 290, …
Xhosa
Time: About 9:30 am Place: In a home in Sipolweni Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Xesibe woman / She is about 45 years old Story: "Intak' eny' amasi" Audience: …
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
Xhosa
Time: About 2 pm Place: Nobanda School, Nculu Location, a school of 104 pupils, two teachers, Sub-B and Sub-A. Sub-A has gone home for the day; the Sub-B pupils are …
Xhosa
Time: About 10 am Place: In a home in Nculu Location (the community nearest Ngqamakhwe town) Ngqamakhwe District, Transkei. A woman is mixing mud outside to make bricks. The storytelling …
Swati
Performer: Lena Mkhonza, a 35-year-old Zulu woman; she also performed 2S-1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1738, 1741, 1746, 1792, 1793, 1796, 1817, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1931, 1932, …
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 …
Xhosa
Performer: A Gcaleka woman, about thirty-five years old Place: Outside, near a kraal Audience: Four women, three men, twelve children and teenagers Notes: Slide #3
Xhosa
Performer: Manyawusa Sodidi, a Mpondo woman; she is about 60 or 65 years old; she also performed 2S-378, 379, 380, 381, 432, 433, 436, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 451, …
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 …
Swati
Performer: Thema Simelane, Swati woman, 30 years old; she also performed 2S-1798, 1823, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1995 Place: …
Xhosa
Time: About 4:30 pm Place: In a kraal--outside, under a tree--in Sigidi Location, Engcobo District, except that the audience has now moved into a home (it is very windy outside), …
Xhosa
Performer: As in 2S-65: a thirty-five year old Gcaleka woman. She also performed 2S-65, 110, 111, and 139 Place: In another home in Nkanga, 12:30 pm Audience: Two women, three …
Xhosa
Time: About 8:30 pm Place: In a home in Mboxo (Nkanga) Location, Gatyana District--it is dark and the children are being told stories before they go to bed Storyteller: A …
Swati
Time: About 2 pm Place: In a home in the mountains in Qhanqu Location, Mount Frere District Storyteller: A Bhaca woman / She is about 40 years old / She …