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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... speak with his tongue . When it was time , he was weaned . That wife again became pregnant , and again she gave birth to a boy . That boy grew up . He learned to speak in the normal time . He was a child who was able to speak . The name ...
... speak this well all this time that we thought he couldn't speak ? " " We did well to beat these birds . We finally heard him speak . " Sitshalotshalwana said , " Nonsense ! Nonsense ! What is he saying ? He's telling us that we shouldn ...
... speak again : he would speak just one thing , then he would not speak again . He would speak again on the day that he next spoke . " What'll we do ? " " What is this , Friends ? Now he won't even answer us ! " " When he speaks , he ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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