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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... remained of her was bones - white , pure white bones - mpe ! That is what remained of the children's aunt . " Eee , now then , let's go ! " The girls came down from the tree . There was their aunt , lying on the ground . When the girls ...
... 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 descended , the sky became ...
... remained now , Sikhuluma and Sitshalotsha- lwana . Sikhuluma and his little brother remained . They walked on . Then Sitshalotshalwana said , " Sikhuluma , I'm going to that homestead . I want to see this thing that's killing the people ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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