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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Performer: Melvin Dlamini, a 19-year-old Ndebele man; he also performed 2S-2049, 2085, 2090, 2094, 2126, 2127, 2286, 2287, 2301, 2384, 2385, 2390, 2391, 2392, 2398, 2399, 2403, 2408, 2478, 2479, …
Zulu
Time: About 3 pm Place: Outside, in another kraal, this one on a mountainside, in Mahlabatini District, the Bululwane River not far away Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Buthelezi / …
Swati
Performer: A zulu woman, 30 years old Place: Outside, by a path, 4 pm Audience: Four women, four children; grows to ten women, four men, ten teenagers and children, Swati …
Xhosa
Time: About 11:45 am Place: On a shaded path near a group of homes in Nculu Location. The man and woman who own the houses there invite me to come …
Performer: Julia Ndlovu, a Ndebele woman, 30-35 years old; she also performed 2S-2259, 2260, 2261, 2278, 2279, 2366, 2367, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2514, …
Xhosa
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In a home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 40 years old. A part of this performance is …
Zulu
Time: About 12:30 pm Place: In the Ndlebe part of Mahlabatini District (officially called, by the government, Mahlabatini District Reserve No. 20), a mountainous area, in a region occupied mainly …
Xhosa
Time: About 5 pm Place: In another home in Guse Location, Elliotdale District Storyteller: A Bomvana woman / She is about 40 years old Audience: Ten women, two men, fifteen …
Xhosa
Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Edongeni, a cold, rainy day, 10 am (to 7 pm) Audience: Varies Notes: Six and one-half hours; total now one hundred and …
Xhosa
Time: About 5 pm Place: Outside, in another kraal in Gcina Location, Centane District-inside the home now Storyteller: A Ngqika woman / She is about 45 years old Audience: Twelve …