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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... entered - it was a frog ! When it had entered , it said , " Nginingini ! " She said , " Hnnii ? " " Why aren't you walking ? " She said , " I can't walk . " " But why aren't you able to walk ? Your age - mates are already married . And ...
... entered the house through the door . A man who had been standing by the door ran . He stopped at the upper side of the house . He seized a spear . He said , " Never have I seen such a big frog ! Wife , come here with the stirrer . Let's ...
... entered . He was trembling , afraid , because he did not know what they would do it him when he went in . He carried his fighting stick with him . When he had entered , he said , " Here Tales 337.
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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