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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... passed for this woman and her daughter ; time passed for them . Then the woman died , leaving her daughter behind . The girl lived with her father , who had no other wife . The father lived with his daughter , loving her very much . A ...
... passed , and the house of the royal residence grad- ually lost some of its members , one after the other dying in ... passed away , one by one . Time passed , time passed , in a year perhaps one would die . Finally , in this great ...
... passed . Time passed at their homes . After a month had gone by , during the second month after they had returned , the king's daughter again brought the girls together . " Let's ... passed . Time passed , and the king's daughter Tales 181.
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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