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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... leave me alone ! Please leave me alone , I'll tell you . Just leave me alone , I'll tell you some time . " " Where does this person come from , my child , this one who comes here all the time ? " " No , Mama , please leave me alone ! I ...
... leave me alone . Leave me , let me go . Put the child on my back , let me go . " The father - in - law tried to persuade her to leave the child with him , but she refused . She said , " I can't leave my child behind . Let me go with her ...
... leave home . When I leave , I should be allowed to leave with everything that is mine , everything that was called by my name . I should leave nothing behind in my sleeping place . " So said this young man ; his words were addressed to ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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