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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... Malejese , Please make an offering , Child of the king . " Malejese took the sheep , he brought them out to the side . When he had done that , he said , " Sheep of my father , take them : There they are ! " The thing went to the sheep ...
... Malejese watched - and it ate the hog without delay , in a flash . While the thing was taking the second hog , Malejese began to travel . He drove the stock of his home . He journeyed , leaving the thing behind eating those hogs . He ...
... Malejese looked back and could see its fire . It arrived and stood in front of him . It said , " Please make an offering , Please make an offering , Malejese , Please make an offering , Child of the king . " Malejese was quiet ; he did ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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