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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... told me that my father was borne by a daughter of the Qocwa clan . Now all this happened when I was trying to understand what they meant in Johannesburg by ' surname , ' something that is not familiar to us . I pretended that I was ...
... told to take the cotton skirt , Miose . Yo ! Help us , Child of our father . Yo ! Help us , Child of our father , we love you . " He said , " No ! It doesn't matter that the doves have come ! Just give them this cotton skirt . I'll buy ...
... told them ? " She said , " Yes , they've been told . The man of this homestead knows what we're doing . If he hasn't told the other men , then he's the one who has failed . I have told the women . " " Oh , well then , Big sister , let's ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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