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
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- Reel to reel audiotape
- Format of Original
- Sound recording
- Performer
- Nongenile Masithathu Zenani
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- United States of America