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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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Art of the Storyteller | 7 |
PrologueOrigins | 9 |
Birth | 17 |
Puberty | 79 |
Marriage | 267 |
Maturity | 371 |
The End of the Affair | 482 |
Appendix | 489 |