Audience: Two women, two teenaged girls, six children; later, one man
Notes: (1) kwahlaleka, arm and hand outstretched, low, slow semi-circular movement; (2) dgt 711, points eli; (3) to indicate physical movement, hand out, moving gently over her lap; (4) wahamba, hand moves; (5) she directs with her hand, forefinger stretched, this then merges into full complementary gestures; (6) wabuya, back of hand, away from body (also wahamba); (7) numbers of things, always uses fingers for count; (8) ngaka, then indicates size; (9) much voice modulation--normal voice, faster rhythm for excitement, rapid movement, stage shouts, imitates voices of characters, often pianissimo for effect; gentle performer; (10) her silences are often filled with non-verbal gesture and body movement, keeping the rhythm with the verbal aspects of the narrative that surrounds the silence; (11) head dances to slow hamba movement; (12) "over there": points; (13) conversations: imitates speech of characters, uses hands with these speeches; (14) hand on lap during some non-dramatic sequences; finger moves, hand on lap moves; almost indiscernible; this moves to more dramatic gestures (like hands washing together); (15) wahlal' apha, hand out, palm lower side, patting motion; (16) many ideophones in her performances; (17) wahlal' umntan', to end a sequence, back of right hand hit into palm of left hand; (18) series of somewhat climactic statements, accompanied by gentle claps, a kind of non-verbal punctuation; (19) mnandi, hands clapped gently a number of times; (20) hands shaping movements, to show child growing up, e.g., or passage of time