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Title: The world and the word. Tales and observations from the Xhosa oral tradition. Collected and edited, with an introduction, commentaries, and annotations by Harold Scheub.
Description: [Madison, Wis.], University of Wisconsin Press, [1992]. XII,499 pp. B./w. lls, Orig. hardcover (ocher yellow cloth), d./j.24 tales about birth, puberty, marriage and work, as told by master storyteller of the Xhosa people of South Africa, Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, are gathered here. The text also includes photographs of her in performance and detailed commentaries and analyses of her work.

Keywords: Ethnography Africa South-Africa Etnografie Afrika Zuid-Afrika

Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 192784