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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... meat of the goat's foreleg . A man brings this meat into the house , then cuts a piece from the shoulder and prepares it , cutting it properly . He roasts it in the hearth . He puts it before the nursing mother and cuts it up with a ...
... meat of the men has been cooked , if the women's meat is not yet ready , the men say , " Please go over there , Young man ! " A young man goes over and says , " I have been told , Mothers , to come and see if your meat is cooked yet ...
... meat . He sought the place from whence the smoke and the smell of the meat were coming , then he headed in that direction . When he got there , he first went over to the boys below the kraal . He said , " Boys ! Yo ! You take on the ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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