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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... continued to come out in the evenings , and this lizard's son continued to grow : he became an older boy . When the child had grown into an older boy , he said to the lizard , " Father . " The lizard said , " Mm ? " He said , " I have ...
... continued to live at the right - hand house with that woman who had many children , showed no concern for Jojothwane . Time passed for this lad . He continued to live there because he did not know where his mother's home was . He had ...
... continued to live at the right - hand house with that woman who had many children , showed no concern for Jojothwane . Time passed for this lad . He continued to live there because he did not know where his mother's home was . He had ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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