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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... Don't take the children to that home- stead because no one sleeps there . That homestead is not to be entered . If we go there , the children will die . " Sitshalotshalwana stood up . As he stood , the boys said , " Yo ! At last , the ...
... Don't agree to enter that house ! Say ' We don't stay in such a beautiful house . ' Tell them that you want to stay in a house in which calves are tethered , a house where the fowl sleep . “ They'll bring a new sleeping mat to you . Say ...
... Don't hope for other words ; these are enough . Let your husband find another wife . Pay no attention to what you've seen at the royal residence . It's been a time - honored practice over there - you know this - that some wives are ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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