Intsomi, Intombi kaMangangezulu, part 11, a continuation of 3S-399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, and 408

Performer

Nongenile Masithathu Zenani

Date

• February 5, 1976

Summary

• Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman
• Place: Egadini, then edongeni when rain comes, 10 am (to 6 pm)
• Audience: Varies
• Notes: Six and one-half hours; total now sixty-nine and one-half hours. Brief breaks at dgts 33, 100, 140, 222 (tea), 267, 338 (edongeni), 544, 573. Dgts 166-214, mainly shaping and symbolic gesturing and body movement; dgts 290-294, miming eating and getting sick; dgt 507, tries to swallow; dgt 605, njenje, hands in front of body, fingers spread; dgt 621, njenje, hands in front of body; dgts 637-638, a repeated motion in this section: hands in front of body, about a foot apart; dgt 642, wraps her ingubo around her face, covering her eyes; dgts 647-648, hands fisted in front of body; dgt 673, mimes strangling child, right forefinger put through a noose made of straw, then she pulls the noose; shift to her body, as she shows the child being strangled; dgt 675, feels about on my thigh; dgt 678, feels about in the air and on the ground; dgt 681, as if washing hands; dgt 691, ngapha, neck; dgt 706, tries to break straw, acts as if it is very tough; dgt 709, much feeling of my limbs today; dgts 714-715, luthi, looks about; dgt 747, as if walking rapidly; dgt 758, throughout, when referring to fire, moves right hand about rapidly on the ground; dgt 759, wenjenje lo mfana, knees brought up to chest; dgts 776-777, fisted hands held in front of chin; dgt 830, claw-like hands; dgt 849, ngaka, hand one foot from ground; dgt 906, pushes piece of straw around on ground; gubu! hands into the air; dgt 933, jiiiiii! brings right hand around in semi-circle in air (hand shaped like arrow); story repeats images and accompanying gestures, acts as spine