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