cover image: Intsomi, Intombi kaMangangezulu, part 17, a continuation of 3S-399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, and 414

Intsomi, Intombi kaMangangezulu, part 17, a continuation of 3S-399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, and 414

Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Edongeni, a cold, rainy day, 10 am (to 7 pm) Audience: Varies Notes: Six and one-half hours; total now one hundred and eight and one-half hours. Brief breaks at dgts 155, 487 (tea), 572. Dgt 161, ngaka, tip of right forefinger; dgt 173, benjenje, crouches; dgt 175, kulaa mntu, blows gently, moving head about; dgt 176, sleeps; dgt 176-177, blows, as 175; dgt 177, fingers in mouth; dgt 177, sleeps; dgt 178-179, shakes head, clicking teeth; dgt 218, lingaka, tip of right forefinger; dgt 254, wathi umfazi, rapidly withdraws right forefinger which has been touching ground; [dgt 272, spits something out--not in story]; dgt 341, sings song--hands, fingers pointed down and move jerkily up and down; dgts 363-364, as 341; dgt 487, inkosi ke may be lost; dgts 520-521, inyama, right hand waves in front of body; njenje, hands held like saucer, lifted into air; dgts 539-540, njenje, hands raised, fingers upwards, like supplicating gesture; dgt 591, yenjenje, left hand six inches from ground; dgt 605, njenje, hands raised, fingers up; dgt 647, hands claw-like, then fists; then much movement with fingers; at dgts 648-649, fisted hands to head; dgt 679, intloko ngapha, referring to her waist; dgts 793-794, umfazi, hides face; dgt 799, churns hands; dgts 801, 802, sleeps; dgt 814, hides face in ingubo; dgt 941, shows right fist In the audio file he misidentifies this performance as 3S-414
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