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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... cooked , if the women's meat is not yet ready , the men say , " Please go over there , Young man ! " A young man goes over and says , " I have been told , Mothers , to come and see if your meat is cooked yet . It is time . " " It is ...
... cooked . This meat is cooked as something extra ; the fire has been revived . When this meat has been removed from the fire , it is given to the women who are sitting in their own house by themselves - the unmarried women , on the other ...
... cooked . When it is ready , it is removed from the fire to the accompaniment of a chant . All that is said is that the leftovers are being cooked , “ The ummiso is cooked . " Ummiso is the name of the feast that day . It is taken off ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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