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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... frog traveled on , and as it did so it hobbled because of the big person who was inside its stomach . It moved along . The frog traveled , and finally it came to a fork in the path . One path went down ... frog , I'm not a frog to Tales 137.
... frog , I'm not a frog to be beaten ! I am a frog , But I'm pregnant , I'm pregnant with Mvulazana , Her mother and father's daughter . " The young man stepped back , and said , " Heee , this frog ! It's not a real frog . Did you hear ...
... frog alone . " " Leave it alone ! " " All right ! " " I don't want to have anything to do with a speaking frog . " Other men said , " Why are you so sentimental ? ” " You've had too much beer . " He said , " No , I haven't had too much ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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