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 11 am Place: In a home in the Rwantsana part of Mhlotsheni Location, Mount Frere District Speaker: A Bhaca man / He is about 65 years old The …
Xhosa
Time: About 4 pm Place: Along a mountain path in Mgugwani Location, Lusikisiki District Storyteller: A Mpondo woman / She is about 25 years old Audience: Six women, two men, …
Zulu
Time: About 9:30 am Place: In a home in a very remote kraal on the side of a mountain leading down to a great valley, in the Zungu area of …
Performer: Clevis Gumpo, a Ndebele woman, 30 years old; she also performed 2S-2077, 2080, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2121, 2331, 2332, 2333, 2334, 2342, 2343, …
Xhosa
Performer: Nohatyula Miyeki. A Gcaleka woman Place: Outside, in her kraal, at dusk Audience: One teenaged girl, four children, later two women
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman, 30-35 years old; she performed yesterday, also performed 2S-1743 and 1745 Place: In a house in her kraal, 8:30 am Audience: Two women, two children; the …
Xhosa
Time: About 4:30 pm Place: Outside, by a cattle kraal, in Ngwegweni Location, Mount Ayliff District Storyteller: A Xesibe girl / She is about 15 years old She heard this …
Swati
Time: About 5:30 pm Place: In another home in Mhlotsheni Location, Mount Frere District; here, too, the women are shelling maize for planting Storyteller: A Bhaca woman / She is …
Zulu
Time: About 1:30 pm Place: Outside, in a kraal in the Sibiya section of Mahlabatini District The Storyteller and Singer: A Zulu woman, a Sibiya / She is about 45 …
Swati
Performer: A Swati woman; she is about 40 years old; she also performed 2S-1870, 1871, 1872, and 1879 Place: In the home of Lena Mkhonza, 8 am Audience: Now five …