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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Swati
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 …
Xhosa
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
Xhosa
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, …
Swati
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 …
Xhosa
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, …
Zulu
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 …
Zulu
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 …