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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... washed over the spot where the cord has been buried . When the child has been washed , it is put down and covered in its mother's garments . Then more water is added , and that nursing mother washes herself over the place where the ...
... washed ; they washed their bodies . These children were light skinned because they had never been exposed to the sun Tales 49.
... washed the dishes . Mityi washed the dishes . She washed them all . Then she went and threw the water into the trough . She returned and sat down . It was said , " Why is it that you're not eating with the hogs tonight ? " She said ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling | 19 |
Copyright | |
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