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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... happened to this man . Such mat- ters are not spoken of . He was stabbed by a boy , the son of his wife - the great wife . The boy had been abandoned . He should have been killed , but instead returned with great wealth . He suddenly ...
... happened , they would ultimately hear something . Then they would find her . But this time , the child was not found ... happened to her ? " The people came together , and they said , " What you're saying is not clear to us . " " It ...
... happened to his wife . And the wife was buried . Time passed , and the husband suffered deeply . He went home , and the wagons were also brought home . Those men who had accompanied his wife came home too . Time passed at that homestead ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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