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 by Ndebele people (not a part of the Transvaal or Zimbabwean Ndebele): in the home of Martha W. Makhoba, overlooking a valley
Storyteller: A Zulu woman, a Ndebele / She is about 45 years old / She also performed 1S-3454, 3456, 3458, 3461, 3464, 3496, 3501, 3508, 3514, 3523, 3554, 3564, 3575, 3645, 3659, 3753, 3767, 3779, and 3786
Audience: Fifteen women, twenty-five teenagers and children, all Zulu