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
Time: About 10 am Place: In a home in Mhlotsheni Location, Mount Frere District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 40 years old / She also performed 1S-1521 …
Swati
Performer: Emily Ndzobana, A Hlubi woman; she also performed 2S-197, 201, 203, 199, 228, 229, 234, 237, 238, 240, 260, 261, 264, 267, 269, 270, 271, 273, 275, 298, 299, …
Zulu
Time: About 5 pm Place: Outside, along a path in the Ndwandwe section of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 50 years old Audience: …
Performer: Julia Ndlovu, a Ndebele woman, 30-35 years old; she also performed 2S-2259, 2260, 2261, 2278, 2279, 2366, 2367, 2372, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2451, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2514, …
Xhosa
Time: About 8:30 pm Place: In a home in Mboxo (Nkanga) Location, Gatyana District--it is dark and the children are being told stories before they go to bed Storyteller: A …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu girl, 16-17 years old; she also performed 2S-899 and 900 Place: In another home, 3 pm Audience: Five women, ten teenagers, ten children, all Zulu
Swati
Time: About 1 pm Place: In another home in Nyaniso Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 35 years old Zim steals impunzazana's children / Related …
Zulu
Time: About noon Place: In a home in the same kraal among the Ndebele Zulu people in Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 70 …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu man, about 20 years old Place: Outside, in Bhekephi's kraal, 10 am, windy Audience: Two women, twenty teenagers and children, all Zulu
Zulu
Time: About 11:30 am Place: Outside, in a kraal in the Ndebele section of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndebele / She is about 50 years old / …