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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... hand . Sikhuluma took her hand ; he took her hand , not certain that he should do so - wary , not sure if this might be the cause of his death . But he took her hand anyway . Then the young woman departed . Those young women went and ...
... hand house is still to bear for us a boy of the right - hand house , if she has another child . So you must calm down . Don't become so heated . Abate your passion for the sake of your husband . Bitter talk causes mis- understandings ...
... hand house is indeed an independent section . It has now become clear what is to be : the right - hand will promote itself at my expense , without doing a thing for me . " So the lawsuit was settled in that manner . " This woman is ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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