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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... Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Members of Mrs. Zenani's family - her husband , her daughter , a granddaughter . ( NS - 10 . ) Time passes , the baby grows and grows , until it becomes an older child . When she is a child ...
... Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Two women and one teenaged boy . ( NS - 169 . ) Time passes ; after the sun has arisen and Monday has dawned , at about midday , in the early afternoon , they go to the local shop . It is ...
... Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Two women and one teen - aged boy . ( NS - 170 . ) They begin by being initiates , and when they are initiates they are taught to dance the initiates ' dance . For this dance , palm leaves ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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