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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... sleep , One - leg said , “ On no account should you go to sleep ! If you go to sleep here , you'll be chopped up by her , I swear ! Even if you are the children of her brother . " " Oh ! " They slept . They slept and their aunt got up ...
... sleep in her sleeping place . She slept there , and after a time , when the girls were quiet again , she got up ... sleep ? We'll never get to sleep at this rate ! " The aunt said , " What kind of little pest is this who doesn't sleep ...
... sleep on the floor with the calves and the fowl . Take me to the house in which the calves and fowl sleep . " They said , " Yo yo yo ! " " Never have we seen such a bridegroom ! " " This is an extraordinary groom . " He was quiet ; he ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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