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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... Xhosa . All of the various groups , taken together , are Xhosa . Time passed , and a child was fathered by that Ngwevu fellow . But this child did not resemble any of his own people ; the child looked like no one but himself . People ...
Tales and Observations from the Xhosa Oral Tradition Nongenile M. Zenani Harold Scheub. XHOSA CUSTOM REQUIRES TRADITIONAL RESPONSES Performance Note Time : 18 September 1967 , in the afternoon . Place : In a home in Nkanga , Gatyana ...
... Xhosa custom : " You , Daughter - in - law , are not to sit on the side of your husband's father . " Nor does a daughter - in - law hold the hand of her hus- band's father . If she should deviate from this custom , she is said to be ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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