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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... remained behind because of Sitshalotshalwana . Because of Sitsha- lotshalwana alone . He has remained behind also ; he brought himself into the thick of it . 14 The others are no more . I alone have returned . You should call a meeting ...
... remained behind because of Sitshalotshalwana . Because of Sitsha- lotshalwana alone . He has remained behind also ; he brought himself into the thick of it . 14 The others are no more . I alone have returned . You should call a meeting ...
... remained there ; he remained some days , thinking . He thought as deeply as he had that time in the forest when he had made the decision to fashion his wife from a cabbage tree . Then one day , he said , " I'm going to call the pigeons ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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