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 her home, noon to 12:30 pm Audience: Two young teenagers join the audience Notes: Burner in background. She recounts the entire …
Xhosa
Time: About 5 pm Place: Inside the half-finished home referred to in 1S-1125, above; in Kanyayo Location, Bizana District Storyteller: A Mpondo woman / She is about 50 years old …
Zulu
Time: About 9 am Place: Outside, in a mealies field located on mountain slopes, a massive valley below--in the Zungu section of Mahlabatini District (central Mahlabatini, near the village of …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, 55-60 years old; she also performed 2S-821 and 822 Place: In a home Audience: Two women, three men, ten children, all Zulu
Xhosa
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a home in Senthubi Location, Engcobo District Storyteller: A Thembu woman / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-2634, 2638, …
Swati
Time: About 1:30 pm Place: In a home in the Rwantsana part of Mhlotsheni Location, Mount Frere District Storyteller: A Bhaca woman / She is about 50 years old / …
Swati
Performer: Joyce Magagula, a 10-year-old Swati girl, Standard One; she also performed 2S-1247 Place: Mliba Nazarene School, Mliba Audience: Students of the school
Xhosa
Performer: A Mpondo girl, 14 years old; she also performed 2S-300, 301, and 323 Place: Outside Emily Ndzobana's home in the Mgugwana area of the Gingqi clan, 1:45 pm Audience: …
Zulu
Time: About 10:30 am Place: kwaMakhoba; in the home of Martha W. Makhoba in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, Ndebele area, overlooking a valley Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a …
Xhosa
Performer: Masikhanda, a 12-year-old Gcaleka boy. He also performed 3S-104 Place: Just outside Masithathu Zenani’s home Audience: One woman, ten children and teenaged girls