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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... seen her . A woman whose name is Mbulukazi . " " Can such a thing be ? Can such a thing be ? A daughter in this home- stead ? You must have seen your wife's sisters . " " 10 " No , Father , we want a wife from over there . Please go ...
... seen such a person . He did not know , of course , that it was his own child . The boy finished his dance . Then he ... seen that great homestead , that fine and wealthy homestead . He had seen it at the time he had gone to that circum ...
... seen such a bridegroom ! " " This is an extraordinary groom . " He was quiet ; he did not speak again . He was taken to a dirty house . It had manure in it ; there were fleas and bedbugs in it . The calves were sleeping there , the fowl ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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