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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... MBULUKAZI AND THE RAVEN WIFE Masithathu Zenani's Analysis : By means of patterns , storytellers will frequently use images to mirror other , ostensibly unlike images . This is a storyteller's way of creating complex metaphorical themes ...
... Mbulukazi , and they produced the sixteen cattle . They produced vessels of liquor for Mbulukazi's part of the ceremony . And they clothed the girl's mother . The groom's party departed after setting a date for the arrival of the bridal ...
... Mbulukazi's bridal party came out . The party came out in a pro- cession , the person - of - the - meat26 between the four girls , the fifth one in the middle . Two women were in the front of them and two behind . [ Member of audience ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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