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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... stay away from me ! I don't know why you're remain- ing in that homestead ! There's no reason for you to remain here - you have no children ! " Time passed for this woman . Time passed for her ; then it was plough- ing time . Whenever ...
... stay here ! " " This thing's getting closer ! " " We're on our way , we must escape this thing ! " " You stay here with it yourself ! " " A thing so terrible ! " " A thing so big ! " " Yo yo yo ! " The men went on , leaving the child ...
... stay in a house in which calves are tethered , a house where the fowl sleep . “ They'll bring a new sleeping mat to ... stays . The thumping steps of the owner of the homestead could be heard . Mangangedolo arrived . His knee was huge ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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