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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... Morning after morning , the fog remained with her . It was in her eyes . " varied - they made clay wagons , pots , that sort of thing . They made dolls , too , and horses . One day , while they were playing , a fog appeared . The fog ...
... morning . She would not open the door , even the next morning . She saw that " This is an ear that has fallen down here , this thing that bled so much on me . " She did not open the door . The morning passed , and she refused to open ...
... morning until sunset . They kept moving on ; they did not turn around . When they came to a certain place , the younger boys , those who were small , were told to find firewood and to kindle a fire , " so that we can roast these birds ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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