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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... River [ also called the Great Kei River ] . But we have a child with us who is limping , and we're asking for a place in which to spend the night . " 1 16. The " beast of the bridal party " was the impothulo beast . " This animal was ...
... river to other places and dipped . But he saw the hole of a crab . So he again spilled the water and went farther down the river . The cask again began to leak , and he patched it . This person , this thing , went to work again and ...
... river . They went to this mas- sive river . They arrived there and threw a loaf of bread into the water . They said , " Water monster ! Water monster , come out and eat me ! " There was silence . They journeyed on , beyond this river ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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