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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... leave me alone ! Please leave me alone , I'll tell you . Just leave me alone , I'll tell you some time . " " Where does this person come from , my child , this one who comes here all the time ? " " No , Mama , please leave me alone ! I ...
... leave home . When I leave , I should be allowed to leave with everything that is mine , everything that was called by my name . I should leave nothing behind in my sleeping place . " So said this young man ; his words were addressed to ...
... leave to go . " The groom's people then produced the beasts of dowry for this woman . The cattle were placed in front of them , and they drove them and went home . Before they left , they said , " We're leaving this child behind here . We ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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