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 8:30 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 …
Performer: Eva Ndlovu, a Ndebele woman, about 45 years old; she also performed 2S-2086, 2087, 2088, 2093, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2153, 2161, 2162, 2172, 2180, 2181, 2184, 2189, 2244, 2245, …
Swati
Time: About 2 pm Place: In a home in the Rwantsana part of Mhlotsheni Location, Mount Frere District Storyteller: A Bhaca woman / She is about 35 years old Audience: …
Xhosa
Time: About 3:30 pm Place: Back to the other part of Nculu Location (Nculu Location is divided into a number of small communities, each one three or four miles from …
Xhosa
Performer: Mrs. Nosaji Ntosini, a Gcaleka woman, about fifty years old Place: Outside, near a home in Nkanga Audience: Ten women, eight men, fifteen children and teenagers
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, …
Swati
Time: About 5:30 pm Place: In another home in Mpoza Location, Mount Frere District (this is the home of Mr. Samson Gaulana, the principal of Mpoza Government School) Storyteller: A …
Swati
Performer: Selby Magagula, a Swati man, 21 years old; he also performed 2S-1418, 1460, 1463, 1467, 1508, 1512, 1554, 1583, 1587, 1621, 1624, 1678, 1680, 1682, and 1685 Place: Outside, …
Zulu
Time: About noon Place: In a very remote area, kraals snuggled against the mountains, in the Ceza-Echibini part of Mahlabatini District, the Buthelezi area, inside a home now Storyteller: A …
Xhosa
Time: About 5 pm Place: Near the trading station in Mboxo (Nkanga) Location, Gatyana District Storyteller: A Gcaleka woman / She is about 20 years old / She also performed …