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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... brought an animal along for Nojikolo , saying , " Here it is ! Here's your animal , Nojikolo ! " She said , " Thank ... brought the livestock together , and all the goods and property were tied on a wagon . All valuable property was ...
... brought ; it was new . They said that they were making the bridegroom's bed . He said , " No , I'm not sleeping in a bed like this . I want an old mat , a young mother's mat , a tattered mat . At my home , they do not put down a mat ...
... brought out too ; they should drink . " The beer was produced then . Some of it was sent to the bridal party . And the celebration went on . Nothing was demanded of the bridal party on this day because all of these activities were being ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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