Tales from Southern Africa
de Jordan, A. C. (translator)
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- ISBN 10
- 0868522295
- ISBN 13
- 9780868522296
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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(Johannesburg: Ad Donker, 2004) 0868522295. With a foreword by Z Pallo Jordan, and introduction and commentaries by Harold Scheub. 220 x 150 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 262. Fine condition. "The spirit of Xhosa society was enshrined in an oral tradition through which, from generation to generation, the community transmitted its customs, values, and norms. The poet and the storyteller stood at the centre of this tradition, as the community's chroniclers, entertainers, and collective conscience. Xhosa novelist and critic A C Jordan was an enthusiastic observer of the customs and history of his people, particularly of the oral narrative performances he witnessed first as a child, and later during his many journeys throughout South Africa. Now, when traditional storytellers, and the oral tradition itself, have almost been lost to us, Jordan's vivid written translations and versions of some of the best-loved Xhosa folks tales, with their heroes and monsters, children lost and found, wayward adolescents and their rites of passage, are a celebration of the vibrant heart of the culture. Tales from Southern Africa was first published in America in 1973; this is the first South African edition." .
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- Librería
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13075
- Título
- Tales from Southern Africa
- Autor
- Jordan, A. C. (translator)
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0868522295
- ISBN 13
- 9780868522296
- Editorial
- (Johannesburg: Ad Donker, 2004) 0868522295
- Lugar de publicación
- Johannesburg
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2004
- Palabras clave
- Archibald Campbell Jordan. Pallo Jordan. Xhosa. Oral Tradition. Stories. Tales. Legends. Eastern Cape. Transkei Eastern Cape
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Eastern Cape;
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