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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... kraal . She told the men to go into the houses . The water monster would enter the kraal because it wanted this girl . " Go into the houses so that it won't see you ! It will come into the kraal . When its back is turned to you and as ...
... kraal was about to be opened for the cattle . A member of the Mangangedolo's home said , " We've come to visit the groom's party . " " We've brought them food , so they can eat . " " Now the members of the groom's party must go out with ...
... kraal because we obviously do not have a kraal here . They might run away . " 3 This was a part of the ritual as well . The fellow agreed to keep the beasts in the kraal . They opened the kraal , and the animals were put in . In the ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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