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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... girls alone ! Just grab thaaaaaat one who's in front ! " referring to that girl over there , the one for whom the dog had wagged its tail - that girl over there , the one who had urged the others on . It was because of her that they had ...
... girl had not eaten since the last time she had been home . But she refused to eat the meat that had been picked from that creature's teeth . When he finished eating , he took a big stick and hit the girl . “ Please sing , Bird of a ...
... girl alone then and departed . The contest was at an end . The people dispersed . The girl went home . She cooked the food . She had taken off the clothes and put on her own ragged things . She had also turned the cattle of this home ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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