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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... audience . The storyteller breaks through the tyranny of the linear movement of the story to move the audience to deeper and more complex experiences . This is done to a great extent by juxtaposing unlike images , then reveal- ing , to ...
... audience's awareness of images , and it therefore plays a crucial role in revealing image relationships . There is full participation by the members of the audience in the unfold- ing story . No proscenium arch exists , there is no ...
... audience to the past . Body movements and gestures link performer and members of the audience in a physical and emotional bond . Contemporary images in the narrative flow from the physical beings and presences of artist and audience ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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