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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... human being ! Come ! " He stopped , then said , " What kind of person are you ? What has hap- pened to you ? What kind of person is this ? " The girl said , " No , Father , I am a human being ! Come here ! I can't get up . I've been ...
... human's encoun- ter with a group of baboons . The baboons wish to engage in human activ- ities ; in fact , the baboon chief is about to marry his daughter to humans . They want the hero of the story , Jojothwane , to be their human go ...
... human's encoun- ter with a group of baboons . The baboons wish to engage in human activ- ities ; in fact , the baboon chief is about to marry his daughter to humans . They want the hero of the story , Jojothwane , to be their human go ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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