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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Zulu
Time: About 9 am Place: In another home in the Zungu section of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Zungu / She is about 70 years old / She …
Xhosa
Time: About noon Ibongi: Mdukiswa Tyabashe Izibongo: This is an izibongo for King Diliz' Intaba Mditshwa, occurring after the intonjane ceremony; the king and his brother, King Sigidi from Qumbu, …
Zulu
Time: About 1:30 pm Place: kwaMakhoba; inside the home of Martha W. Makhoba in the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District, in the Ndebele area, overlooking a valley Storyteller: A Zulu …
Zulu
Time: About 9 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 35 …
Performer: Gertrude Sibanda, a 17-year-old Ndebele girl; she also performed 2S-2052, 2130, 2131, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2168, 2173, 2177, 2178, 2188, 2249, 2250, 2293, 2294, 2303, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2393, …
Swati
Performer: Enoch Dlamini, a Swati man, about 40 years old; he also performed 2S- 1572, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1578, 1590, 1592, 1595, 1598, 1600, 1602, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1610, 1616, …
Swati
Time: About 4:30 pm Place: In a home in a remote part of Bubesi Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 55 years old / She …
Xhosa
Time: About 9:30 am Singer: Two Mpondomise women / Each is about 40 years old / With other women, they are grinding maize Song: / Women are sitting on the …
Performer: Agnes Ncube, a Ndebele woman, about 35 years old; she also performed 2S- 2054, 2055, 2056, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2078, 2079, 2094A, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, …
Xhosa
Time: About 2:30 pm Place: In a home in Mboxo (Nkanga) Location, Gatyana District Storyteller: Nozipongo Hohlo, a Gcaleka girl / She is about 16 years old / She also …