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 10:30 am Place: Outside, in a kraal among the Ndebele Zulu people in Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndwandwe / She is about 35 years old …
Xhosa
Time: About 3:30 pm Place: Inside a home, Nqancule Location, Ngqamakhwe District Storyteller: A Mfengu woman / She is about 45 years old |Audience: About sixty women, twenty-five men, forty …
Swati
Time: About 2 pm Place: In a home in Nyaniso Location, Matatiele District Storyteller: A Hlubi woman / She is about 55 years old / She also performed 1S-1975, 1977, …
Zulu
Performer: A Zulu woman, about 35 years old; she also performed 2S-747 Place: Outside, in the kraal of Bhekephi, a Zulu woman, about 50 years old (she performed 2S-562, 565, …
Performer: Julia Ndlovu, a Ndebele woman, 30-35 years old; she also performed 2S-2259, 2260, 2261, 2278, 2279, 2366, 2367, 2372, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, …
Swati
Performer: Kelina Nkambule, a Swati woman, about 70 years old; she also performed 2S-1129 1130, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1139, 1142, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1203, and 1205 Place: Outside, in her …
Zulu
Time: About 1 pm Place: Outside, in another kraal in the Zungu section of Mahlabatini District Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Zungu / She is about 65 years old / …
Swati
Performer: Lambulawa Mdluli, a 65-year-old Swati woman; she also performed 2S-1407, 1408, 1409, 1411, 1413, 1437, 1438, 1530, and 1531 Place: In her home, 10:30 am Audience: Varies "Sikhuluma"
Swati
Performer: Phanisile Mkhonza. a 13-year-old Zulu girl; she also performed 2S-1706, 1707, 1720, 1752, and 1813 Place: In her home, noon Audience: two women, one man, six children; grows to …
Xhosa
Time: About 4 pm Place: Near the trading station in Mboxo (Nkanga) Location, Gatyana District Storyteller: A Gcaleka woman / She is about 30 years old / She also performed …