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
Performer: Lena Mkhonza, a 35-year-old Zulu woman; she also performed 2S-1701, 1702, 1703, 1705, 1738, 1741, 1746, 1792, 1793, 1796, 1817, 1859, 1860, 1862, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1931, 1932, …