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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... ground , she slid along the ground , then appeared at the door . " Oh ! " She got to the door just as the others had reached the other side of the village . She said , " Ee ! All the property of this home ! There are no people here , so ...
... ground ; then she ran on again . The water monster stopped , chewed the bread , and swal- lowed it . Then it pursued her once more . But it did not run , it just walked . Finally , she was a short distance from those men who were ...
... ground so that the people can be assembled . " When the women had come together , they said to her , " Ee , Friend ... ground on a millstone is poured into barrels . Then the malt is ground . Dishes of corn are measured out , and this is ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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