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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... child ! Perhaps something's eaten her ! " He cried , he cried and cried . He went into the valley , he came out of the valley , searching for his child . He wandered about until ... child . His father said , " Now , my child , Tales 151.
... child out from among the other children . She hurried along . On the third day of her wandering , she came to a homestead . She stum- bled against it in the fog . Someone asked , " Where have you come from , Child ? " She said , " We ...
... child , Vel'ekhaya , who was older now , had something he wanted to say about this matter of the young woman's ... child . But if you wanted my sister to marry , you should not have said that I am your child . You should have said that I ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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