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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... king has already taken one of my daughters as a wife - Hlu- ngwana [ Little Raven ] from the house down below . Now ... king . The king said , " Go on talking , Father . Whatever you say . " " Well , " he said , " I want sixteen head of ...
... king was there . " " Who was the king at that time ? " " It was Sarhili . " 5 It happened that the name of the king at that time was Sarhili , a prince of a man . These men had now returned , and they were being asked , " What does the ...
... king , said , " I want to be circumcised . I want to be circumcised ; I want to become a man . " " Well , all right , King . " The men were again assembled . It was said , " The child of the great one wants to be circumcised . " " All ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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