Selections from the Harold E. Scheub Collection

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, …

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, …

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: …

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 …

Performer: A Zulu woiman, about 30 years old; she also performed 2S-545 Place: In another home Audience: Seven women, ten children, all Zulu

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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

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, …

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 …

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: …

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), …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Performer: Michael Dlamini, a 9-year-old Swati boy; he also performed 2S-1143, 1193, 1212, 1218, 1258, and 1385 Place: In a Mliba home Audience: Six to eight Swati children

Time: 12:35 pm Storyteller: Mpondomise children / Pupils in Standard I, about 9 years old A Xhosa translation of an English scouting song Dumaninonke School, St. Cuthbert's Location-in the Standard …

Time: About 3 pm Place: Outside, sitting on some rocks in Ntlavini Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Xesibe woman / She is about 40 years old / She also …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Performer: Virginia Ndlovu, a 16-year-old Ndebele girl from Filabuzi District Place: Outside, windy Audience: Varies, from twenty to thirty Ndebele teenagers

Performer: Isaac Magagula, a Swati man, 21 years old, form three; he also performed 2S-1424, 1462, 1465, 1509, 1513, 1550, 1555, 1585, 1589, 1625, 1627, 1687, and 1688 Place: In …

Time: About 3:30 pm Place: Outside, near a cattle-kraal in Gcina Location. Centane District Storyteller: A Ngqika woman Audience: About thirty women, fifteen men, thirty children, all Ngqika

Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a very remote area, kraals snuggled against the mountains, in the Ceza-Echibini part of Mahlabatini District, the Buthelezi area, inside a home now, inside …

Performer: A Gcaleka woman, about 60 years old. She also performed either 3S-113 or 114, 163, 178 Place: Outside, at Masithathu Zenani’s home Audience: Five women, three teenagers, three children …

Performer: Herbert Msibi, a Swati man, 22 years old; he also performed 2S-1421, 1422, 1461, 1464, 1510, 1549, 1552, 1582, 1588, 1626, and 1628 Place: In a home, 3:30 pm …

Performer: A Xesibe woman; she is about 45 to 50 years old; she also performed 2S-398 and 411 Place: In the Nqabeni part of Elubaleko, in the home of Mazulu …

Performer: A Ndebele woman, 45-50 years old; she also performed 2S-2730 and 2731 Place: At the home of Julia Ndlovu Audience: Three women, five children; grows to six women, ten …

Performer: Kezineth Ndlovu, a 13-year-old Ndebele girl from Kezi District; she also performed 2S-2525, 2526, 2529, and 2559 Place: Outside, windy Audience: Varies, from twenty to thirty Ndebele teenagers

Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Egadini, 10 am (to about 6 pm) Audience: Varies Notes: Over seven hours, total now twenty-four hours. Brief breaks at dgts 308, …

Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a home in the headman's kraal in Lutshikini Location, Mount Frere District, deep in a valley Storyteller: A Bhaca woman / She is about …

Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Just outside Masithathu Zenani’s home, 9:30 to 10:30 am Audience: Initially two girls, and then the audience grew Notes: A splendid day

Performer: Clifford Mlilo, a 20-year-old Ndebele man; he also performed 2S-2015, 2018, 2032, 2036, 2060, 2064, 2135, 2141, 2192, 2195, and 2200 Place: Outside, along a path Audience: Ethel Nyoni, …

Time: About 1 pm Place: In another home in the Ndebele part of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 70 years old / She …

Time: About noon 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 by …

Performer: A Swati man, about 45 years old; he also performed 2S-1405 and 1406 Place: In the king's office at Entonjeni, 9 am Audience: Two women, two men, one child, …

Performer: A Swati woman, 30-35 years old; she also performed 2S-1816 and 1818 Place: In a house in another kraal (the house of Lena Mkhonza, the 35-year-old Zulu woman who …

Performer: Nunuke, a fourteen-year-old Gcaleka boy. He also performed 3S-20, 34, 37, 73 Place: Outside, in the kraal of Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, in Nkanga, until evening. 11:30 am Audience: Two …

Performer: Nomatshedi, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 3S-29, 31, 42, 43, 51, 53, 55, 68, 94 Place: In a home Audience: Nombongi

Time: About 3:30 pm Place: In another home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 25 years old / She also performed 1S-2359 and …

Time: About 9:30 am Place: Outside, in a kraal in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, in the Ndebele area Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndebele / She is about …

Performer: A Zulu woman, about 35 years old; she also performed 2S-861 Place: Outside, in a kraal, 9:30 am Audience: Ten women, one man, ten children, all Zulu

Time: About 2 pm Place: In another home in the Sibiya part of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Sibiya / She is about 35 years old / She …