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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... calabash . " One of them said , " Vukuthu ! " The other said , " Vukuthu ! Tell her to take them out of the calabash . Is there a pot that's big enough to hold them ? " The woman said , " Yes , there is such a pot . I do have one ...
... calabash . The girl went on her way ; she returned to her home . The woman followed her , and , when she ar- rived at the girl's home , she said , " Do you know that this child stole that calabash over at my place ? I caught her ! But ...
... calabash . She added the medicine to the meat . She mixed it . Then she hung the ladle up . She hastily took the pot off the hearth so that the food could be eaten . The girl's father said , “ Oh , Nobani ! Why do you hurry to do this ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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