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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... master of ceremonies of Mbulukazi's bridal party put into the kraal both of these beasts that he had been driving . Early in the morning , the master of ceremonies said , " I have another request . I'm asking that someone open the kraal ...
... master of ceremonies , so that he might know how to keep the rules . Vel'ekhaya agreed to this . He became the master of ceremonies . He went to negotiate on behalf of his mother . Because he was the negotiator , when the first ox of ...
... master of ceremonies said , " I am a person who comes from afar . I am looking for a homestead that I intend to visit . " So he said . This young man said , " Where is this homestead ? " The other answered , " It is in this area of ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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