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: Sithabiso Moyo, a Shona girl from Belingwe District; she also performed 2S-2642 and 2643 Place: In a home, 4 pm Audience: Now about ten Ndebele girls
Xhosa
Time: About 10 am Place: In a home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-2467 Audience: …
Xhosa
Performer: Mrs. Golomi Ntasambana, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 2S-3, 17, 24, 27, 28, 42, 44, 72, 138 Place: In Mrs. Ntasambana's home, in Nkanga, noon Audience: Six women, …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, 25-30 years old; she also performed 2S-916, 917, and 931 Place: In the home of storyteller from 2S-901, a Zulu woman 35-40 years old Audience: Two …
Xhosa
Time: About 2:30 pm Place: Outside, in another kraal near Mazeppa Bay, this one on top of a hill overlooking the Indian Ocean, in Gcina Location, Centane District Storyteller: A …
Swati
Performer: Caroline Mthethwa, a Swati woman, about 60 years old; she also performed 2S-1209 and 1210 Place: Outside, in the kraal of David Mthethwa Audience: Three women, one man, ten …
Zulu
Performer: Bhekinkosi, a 10-year-old Zulu boy, son of Lillian (2S-521, etc.); he also performed 2S-671, 672, 756, 759, 763, 767, 769, 781, 831, and 836 Place: In the home of …
Xhosa
Time: About 3:30 pm Storyteller: A Mpondomise girl / She is 10 years old Audience: ten women, five men, four teenage boys (about 16), two teenage girls (16), fifteen children …
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 …