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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... Malejese , who refers to them fondly as " My father's old men . " But then , strange things happen here . " It seemed as if a plague had struck the royal residence . " Everyone dies , until only Malejese and his family remain . Male- jese ...
... Malejese's father were so many that they used to fill the kraal at his home . Malejese produced all of these goats now because he feared this thing . It was a marvel of a being that he had never before seen . He walked on . When the ...
... Malejese watched — and it ate the hog without delay , in a flash . While the thing was taking the second hog , Malejese began to travel . He drove the stock of his home . He journeyed , leaving the thing behind eating those hogs . He ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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