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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... sister [ that is , his mother ] cannot marry , because I am here ! My sister must remain here at home . " The girl's father said , " Vel'ekhaya , how can you say that your sister should not get married because of your presence here ...
... sister cannot marry , and that argument I cannot accept , Child of my daughter . ' Then Vel'ekhaya said , " No , Grandfather , I didn't know that you would ever agree that my sister should marry . I say that she shouldn't marry because ...
... sister - in - law , the sister of his wife . He began to experience a disturbance of the spirit . So he approached his sister - in - law with a bit of deception : " Now , Sis- ter - in - law , I really should marry you because your sister ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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