cover image: Intsomi, Nobantu, part 4, a continuation of 3S-375, 376, and 377

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Intsomi, Nobantu, part 4, a continuation of 3S-375, 376, and 377

Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Egadini, 10 am (to about 6 pm) Audience: Varies Notes: Over seven hours, total now twenty-four hours. Brief breaks at dgts 308, 556 (tea), 919; on tape 36, side 1, dgts 9, 27. Dgt 138, njenje, left hand, forefinger, and index finger move past each other; dgt 147, singaka, indicates length of left index finger, dgt 150, njenje, two forefingers aligned in opposite directions; dgt 153, applies with right forefinger, first to mid-forehead, then to back of left wrist; dgt 158, same as dgt 150, dgt 164, qhu, hits curled right fist with flattened left palm; dgt 176, says Nomasomi instead of Nobantu (she does this on other occassions: she says she really enjoyed the intsomi of Nomasomi, and the name keeps recurring)
nkanga location, gatyana district
Description of object
Reel to reel audiotape
Format of Original
Sound recording
Performer
Nongenile Masithathu Zenani
Published in
United States of America
Series
Selections from the Harold E. Scheub Collection