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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... Nginingini , let your legs appear . " Her legs appeared . Nginingini got up and took some corn . She crushed it on a grinding stone , then moistened it with hot water . She set it aside . When the dough was as she wanted it , when it ...
... Nginingini , let your arms appear . " The arms appeared . " Nginingini , let your legs appear . " The legs appeared . Nginingini took some corn and crushed it on a grinding stone . She moistened it with hot water ; then she ground it ...
... Nginingini , do you mean that you will not talk about this matter ? " She said , " I have said that I won't say anything . I've already said what I'm going to say ! I've said that I roll down . That's all . " She was left alone then ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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