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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... father : it does what the boy's blood father should have done , it guides the boy through his puberty ritual . The pattern of father - son antagonism intensifies when the boy returns to his home to visit his mother . In a struggle , he ...
... father wanted to go and see this wonderful affair . The boy's father went then , along with some men from his homestead . They walked over there : they slept , they got up , and finally they arrived there on the day of the circumcision ...
... father , and he was also relied on by those who were of this house because he did not go against his father's will . This son profoundly loved the old men of his father . He would often talk affectionately with them , saying , " My father's ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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