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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Performer: Eva Ndlovu, a Ndebele woman, about 45 years old; she also performed 2S-2086, 2087, 2088, 2093, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2153, 2161, 2162, 2172, 2180, 2181, 2184, 2189, 2244, 2245, …
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 65 years old / She …
Xhosa
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In another home in Lubaleko Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: / She is about 30 years old / She also performed 1S-1213 Audience: Six women, …
Zulu
Time: About 3:30 pm Place: In the home of Martha W. Makhoba in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, the Ndebele area, overlooking a valley Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a …
Xhosa
Performer: A Xesibe boy; he is 12 years old; he also performed 2S-355-356, 358 Place: In a field in Mount Ayliff, 5 pm, windy Audience: Ten teenagers and children, all …
Xhosa
Time: 3 pm Storyteller: Macinepa Ngcibi / Mpondomise / She is 40 years old Audience: About twenty women, six or seven men, twenty children Outside a home, in a clearing
Zulu
Time: About 2 pm Place: In a home in the Ndwandwe part of Mahlabatini District, on a mountainside Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 50 years …
Zulu
Time: About 10:30 am Place: Outside, in a kraal near the Bululwane River in Dengeni Location, Nongoma District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Buthelezi / She is about 70 years …
Zulu
Time: About 11 am Place: In a home in a remote area of Upper Hlabathi Location, Lusikisiki District Storyteller: A Cele woman / She is about 40 years old / …
Xhosa
Performer: Nomatshedi, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 3S-29, 31, 42, 43, 51, 55, 66, 68, 94 Place: Outside, along a path Audience: Nombongi