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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... person ; her younger sister was quite humble . They walked on , and when they had gone a great distance , the ... person who stood up , who did not sit down . He did not bend down . He did nothing : he just stood upright , like a post ...
... person suddenly becomes mentally ill and is sent to a mental hospital . But he is not cured when he gets there . Instead , his illness be- comes worse . Another person called to the practice of medicine does not become men- tally ill ...
... person faints while this is going on ; he struggles with death while it is going on , groaning , " Hrm ! hrm ! hrm ! hrm ! hrm ! hrmm ! hrmm ! he ! hm ! hm ! Yeeeeena phela ! " The thing is giving a greeting . This thing is called " the ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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