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: About 2 pm Place: Inside a home in Kanyayo Location, Bizana District Storyteller: A Mpondo girl / She is about 12 years old / She also performed 1S-1123 Audience: …
Xhosa
Time: About 3 pm Place: In a home in Kanyayo Location, Bizana District Storyteller: Matsazana, a Mpondo woman / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-1149, …
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
Time: About 10:30 am Place: Outside, along a path in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-2102 …
Zulu
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a home in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, the Dlamini area Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Dlamini / She is about 45 years …
Xhosa
Time: About 11:30 am Place: In another home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana man / He is about 70 years old / He also performed 1S-2477 and …
Xhosa
Time: About 8 pm Place: In the dining room of the Roman Catholic Mission in the village of Willowvale (Gatyana), Gatyana District Storyteller: A Mfengu woman
Swati
Performer: A Swati man, about 45 years old; he also performed 2S-1402 and 1405 Place: In the king's office at Entonjeni, 9 am Audience: Two women, two men, one child, …
Swati
Performer: Jerome Fakudze, a Swati man, 20 years old, form three; he also performed 2S-1420, 1423, 1459, 1466, 1511, 1515, 1548, 1553, 1584, 1586, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1622, 1623, 1679, …
Performer: Tokazi Dube, a Ndebele woman, 30-35 years old; she also performed 2S-2201, 2202, 2257, 2258, 2277, 2368, 2369, 2370, 2629, 2726, 2727, 2728, 2749, 2750, 2751, 2827, 2828, 2829, …