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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... rondavel near Mrs. Zenani's home in Nkanga , Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Two women and one teenaged boy . ( NS - 169 . ) Then again , there might be a quarrel among the boys . There might be a surprise attack , boys ...
... rondavel near Mrs. Zenani's home in Nkanga , Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Five women , three teenagers , and two children . ( Perf . NS - 159 . ) A certain man had no wife . He sought a 123 Tales The Boy and the Lizard.
... rondavel near Mrs. Zenani's home in Nkanga , Gatyana District , the Transkei . Audience : Three women , three children , and two teenagers . ( NS - 174 . ) This is how the Xhosa set up their homesteads : A man takes a wife , and they ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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