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
Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, A Gcaleka woman Place: In the home of Masithathu Zenani, 9:40 am to 1:50 pm Audience: Three women, one man, one teenager Notes: Superb, a masterful …
Xhosa
Time: About 1 pm Place: Outside a home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana girl / She is about 16 years old Audience: Ten women, ten teenage girls, …
Zulu
Performer: Selina, a Zulu woman, about 45 years old; she has performed before (2S- 722?); she also performed 2S-796, 797, 804, and 842 Place: Outside, in Bhekephi's kraal, 10 am, …
Swati
Time: About 3:30 pm Place: In another home in Mhlotsheni Location, Mount Frere District; the women are shelling umbona (for seeding) Storyteller: A Bhaca girl / She is about 16 …
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman; she is 25-30 years old; she has performed here before; she also performed 2S-1611 Place: Outside, behind the kraal where Simon Kunene (the elder), etc., performance,11:30 …
Zulu
Performer: Ulisaya Mahlambi, a 70-75-year-old woman; she also performed 2S-1002, 1009, 1015, 1017, 1022, 1025, 1035, 1040, 1049, 1050, 1055, 1064, 1070, 1076, 1082, 1083, 1119, 1121, 1125 Place: In …
Xhosa
Time: About 2:30 pm Place: In another home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 40 years old Audience: Now includes twenty-five women, one …
Xhosa
Time: 11:15 am Storyteller: Madumisa Mditshwa / Mpondomise / She is about 35 years old Audience: eight women, three men (including the headman), four children The royal residence of Headman …
Xhosa
Performer: Macitibunga Macutsha Sidima, a Mpondo woman, 50 years old; she also performed 2S-184, 185, 189, 190, 195, 196, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 211, 212, 217, 220, 241,242, 243, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nomajone, a Gcaleka girl, eleven years old. She also performed 2S-163, 164, 165, 167, and 182 Place: In a home in Nkanga Audience: Two women, two men, ten children …