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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... cooked , if the women's meat is not yet ready , the men say , " Please go over there , Young man ! " A young man goes over and says , " I have been told , Mothers , to come and see if your meat is cooked yet . It is time . " " It is ...
... cooked , and Jojothwane cut it into pieces . He cooked it and sprinkled some salt on it . He cooked the meat , and it was done- and the baboons were quivering . They wanted the meat raw . Over there in the cliffs where they lived , they ...
... cooked . She found it well cooked : her daughter , Nomanaso , watched her mother closely out of the corner of her eye , remembering what had been said the night before , watching to see if her mother was actually going to carry out the ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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