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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... ceremony while it's raining ? " 1 " That's right . " " If that's your reason , then you ought to tell it to the boys with some respect . If you're not going to the ceremony , just tell the boys . But tell them with respect . What is the ...
... ceremony , an emergence - at - marriage- able - age ceremony . As the beer was about to be strained on the day of that ceremony , an ox was slaughtered for the boys , an ox was slaughtered for the young men , an ox was slaughtered for ...
... ceremony of drinking milk was performed . Now , the meat of this beast was finished , and the ceremony was performed . They brought a strap along with a bucket that had milk in it . A slice of meat was roasted , and brought . The strap ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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