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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... took the cattle to drink , and when he returned he went to his child . He nursed her . He nursed the child , then he wrapped her up again and nestled her into the hole . He turned the cattle around , and went home . Time passed for the ...
... took the fowl this time . He took all of these fowl , and he put them over there . He said , " Fowl of my father , take them : There they are ! " This thing went to the fowl ; it arrived and took one fowl . It ate the fowl while ...
... took out some shells , necklaces , blankets , he took various kinds of blankets ; and loaves of ochre . He put those things on his back , then went to cross the river . When he had returned , he said , " Here are the goods . " Someone ...
Contents
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Tales | 27 |
Copyright | |
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