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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... CIRCUMCISED BABOON Masithathu Zenani's Analysis : Like " The Pregnant Boy " ( Tale 6 ) , Mrs. Zenani observed , this ... circumcised ; then , it is the man who is to be circumcised . The story , its motivation , and its effect depend on ...
... circumcised , who has left the things of boyhood behind - who has become , in a word , a man . " The baboon asked , " And what is this ' circumcised ' ? " " Well , as for this matter of circumcision , come , " said the man , " and I'll ...
... circumcised . I want to be circumcised ; I want to become a man . " " Well , all right , King . " The men were again assembled . It was said , " The child of the great one wants to be circumcised . " " All right , but how shall it be ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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