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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... someone to be here in the homestead , someone to help with the work . Your child has to be put on your back , you can't even do that by yourself . That child must be taken from your back by someone ; you can't do these things by ...
... Someone said , " What's he saying ? " Dogs were barking . " Go and look in that house ! " Someone went to look- " Yo ! There's nothing in the house anymore ! Only a pot remains ! Only a pot - that's all , that's all ! There's no meat ...
... Someone said , " What's he saying ? " Dogs were barking . " Go and look in that house ! " Someone went to look- " Yo ! There's nothing in the house anymore ! y a pot remains ! Only a pot - that's all , that's all ! There's no meat ! e's ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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