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.
Flag this collection
Publication Type
- 7,159
- 4,280
- 30
Organization
- 1
Language
- 4,296
- 2,750
- 2,072
- 1,510
- 5
Topics
- 4,272
- 139
- 24
- 21
- 4
- 3
Swati
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, …
Swati
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 …
Xhosa
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 …
Xhosa
Performer: Nomatshedi, a Gcaleka woman. She also performed 3S-29, 31, 42, 43, 51, 53, 55, 68, 94 Place: In a home Audience: Nombongi
Xhosa
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 …
Zulu
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 …
Zulu
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
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 …
Swati
Performer: A Zulu woman; she is about 20 years old; she also performed 2S-1880 Place: In her home, 8 am Audience: Now five women, one man, ten children, Swati and …
Xhosa
Performer: Macitibunga Macutsha Sidima, a Mpondo woman, about 50 years old; she also performed 2S-184, 185, 189, 190, 195, 196, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 211, 212, 217, 220, 227, …