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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... Miose ! We were sent by your husband , Miose . We were told to take the chains , Miose . Yo ! Help us , Child of our father . Yo ! Help us , Child of our father , we love you . " Silence , They went to her , to her feet . They arrived ...
... Miose ! We were sent by your husband , Miose . We were told to take the apron , Miose . Yo ! Help us , Child of our father . Yo ! Help us , Child of our father , we love you . " Silence . In that house there was wonderment . No one ...
... Miose ! We were sent by your husband , Miose . We were told to take the rings , Miose . Yo ! Child of our father . Yo ! Child of our father , we love you . " They went to her . They arrived and sat near her arm . [ sings ] " Hamio ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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