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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Performer: Elizabeth Zondo, a Ndebele woman, 60-70 years old; she also performed 2S- 2157, 2165, 2486, and 2487 Place: In a house in Eva Ndlovu's kraal, 9 am Audience: Two …
Performer: Maud Ndlovu, a 13-year-old Ndebele girl from Belingwe District; she also performed 2S-2527 and 2560 Place: In a house Audience: Unrecorded
Xhosa
Performer: A Xesibe woman, about 70 years old; she also performed 2S-468 and 516 Place: In the home of Manyawusa Sodidi. 9 am Audience: Now twenty women, two men, ten …
Xhosa
Performer: A Mpondo woman, 40 to 45 years old; she also performed 2S-289 and 316 Place: Outside her home in Qubeni Location, Lusikisiki District, inside now Audience: Five women, one …
Xhosa
Time: About 8 pm Place: In a home in Mgugwani Location, Lusikisiki District Storyteller: A Mpondo man / He is about 18 years old Audience: Three teenage boys, about ten …
Performer: Clevis Gumpo, a Ndebele woman, 30 years old; she also performed 2S-2077, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2121, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2342, 2343, 2344, …
Zulu
Time: About 9:30 am Place: In a home in the Ndebele part of the Ndlebe area of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndebele / She is about 40 …
Swati
Performer: A Zulu man, 25-30 years old; he also performed 2S-1794, 1795, 1929, and 1930 Place: In the house of Lena Mkhonza, the 35-year-old Zulu woman who performed 2S-1701, 1702, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nohatyula Miyeki, a Gcaleka woman, about 65 years old. She also performed 2S-33, 35, 98, 100, 101, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 144, 145, 146, 153, 155, 160, 161, …
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman, about 25 years old; she also performed 2S-1147 Place: Outside, in another kraal, 10:30 am Audience: One woman, one man, two children, all Swati