The World and the Word: Tales and Observations from the Xhosa Oral TraditionA master storyteller of the Xhosa people of South Africa, Nongenile Masithathu Zenani gives us an unprecedented view of an oral society from within. Twenty-four of her complex and beautiful tales about birth, puberty, marriage, and work, as told to the renowned collector of African oral tradition, Harold Scheub, are gathered here. Accompanying the stories are Zenani’s detailed commentaries and analyses and Scheub’s striking photographs of her in performance. The combination of these historical and cultural observations with a richly symbolic collection of tales from a single traditional storyteller make The World and the Word a remarkable document. |
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... 18 September 1967 , in the afternoon . Place : In a home in Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Thirty men , women , and children . ( Perf . 687. ) A boy and a girl were always quarreling in the presence of their mother and ...
... 18 September 1967 , in the afternoon . Place : In a home in Nkanga , Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Thirty men , women , and children . ( Perf . 682. ) This is how traditions in the land of the Xhosa came into existence ...
... 18 September 1967 , in the afternoon . Place : In Mrs. Zenani's home in Nkanga , Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Thirty men , women , and chil- dren . ( Perf . 689. ) In a certain homestead were two girls , immediately ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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