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: Yisika, a sixteen-year-old Gcaleka boy. He also performed 2S-85, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97 Place: In another home in Nkanga Audience: Two women, two men, ten teenagers, fifteen children
Xhosa
Time: About 10 am Place: In a home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 35 years old / She also performed 1S-2468 Audience: …
Zulu
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a home in the Zungu section of Mahlabatini District, high on a mountain top, on the other side of a vast valley Storyteller: A …