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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... Child 135 6. The Pregnant Boy 142 Companion Tale : A Woman Behaves Like a Man 152 7. Malejese , Son of a King 159 8. The Circumcised Baboon 173 vii 9. A Girl Is Kidnapped 10. The Two Nieces 178 Copyrighted Material Contents Contents.
... King 325 16. The Baboon's Wedding 335 17. Hamiose , The Wife Who Was Created from a Tree 348 18. The Man Who Beat His Wife 363 PART 4 MATURITY Introduction : Masithathu Zenani on Storytelling 373 Commentaries Setting Up the Homestead ...
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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 |