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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... aunt , so they began their journey . They carried provisions with them because their aunt's place was far away . As they began their journey , they had a quarrel . One of them said , " We didn't go this way the last time we visited our ...
... aunt's house ! Yo ! How will we get to sleep ? We'll never get to sleep at this rate ! " The aunt said , " What kind of little pest is this who doesn't sleep ? This little pest ! The others are sleeping ! " She took off her short skin ...
... aunt that we're tired ! " " You want to say that to someone who is going to eat us ? " " Do you still regard our aunt as someone who eats people ? " “ Your mouth — where is it ? Let's run ! " She pulled her sister along , and they ran ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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