Various
R350.00
“I cannot write, as we did not have writing in the past. We talked to each other and learnt from each other. This is how our knowledge survived. Write my stories on paper and make a book so that the people can remember”
– Meneputo Manunga Manyeka, !xun Healer and Storyteller, 1995.
In stock
The Gathering Bag
The Gathering Bag brings together ten traditional narratives originally told in the ancient !xun language, passed on by word of mouth for generations. These dramatic stories feature courageous, powerful women and smart, quick-witted girl children, set in the pre-colonial wilderness around the Okavango River and Namib Desert in southern Africa. Since then, most of the San people’s wild places have been destroyed. But their stories survive..
The Gathering Bag tells the story of how the group of !xun San storytellers, refugees from war-torn Angola, told their traditional stories to Marlene Sullivan Winberg over a period of three decades and what happened when Sue Hollingsworth released the stories to women storytellers from around the world during the Covid 19 pandemic.
| Product Details | Paperback |
|---|
