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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... royal residence - that is , the royal residence for us Xhosa of Gcalekaland . Someone responded , " Two young men should be sent . Let them go to the royal residence and ask , ' What shall we do about this ? ' " A school was about to be ...
... royal residence ? I don't know Xhosa tradition . I may have tampered with the traditions of the Xhosa by my actions in Johan- nesburg . I am a child ; you are experienced . Over there at the royal resi- dence , I'll be asked about Xhosa ...
... royal residence . The two old men accompanied one another along the way to the king's royal residence where they hoped they would be granted shelter . When they got there , they remained in the courtyard ; they did not sit on the king's ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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