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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... sleep in her sleeping place . She slept there , and after a time , when the girls were quiet again , she got up ... sleep ? We'll never get to sleep at this rate ! " The aunt said , " What kind of little pest is this who doesn't sleep ...
... sleeping at night in the cold . " " Let's go and sleep in that homestead . " " Let's ask for a place to spend the night . " It was on that day that they first heard this boy speak - the one who did not know how to speak . In his first ...
... sleep on the floor with the calves and the fowl . Take me to the house in which the calves and fowl sleep . " They said , " Yo yo yo ! " " Never have we seen such a bridegroom ! " " This is an extraordinary groom . " He was quiet ; he ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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