Title Power and the praise poem : southern African voices in history / by Leroy Vail and Landeg White

Published Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia ; London : James Currey, 1991

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Description xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies. Contents The invention of "oral man": anthropology, literary theory, and a western intellectual tradition -- "Maps of experience": songs and poetry in Southern Africa -- The development of forms: Ndebele royal praises -- The development of forms: the Chope Migodo -- Swazi royal praises: the invention of tradition -- "Paiva": the history of a song -- The possession of the dispossessed: songs as history among Tumbuka women -- Of chameleons and clowns: the case of Jack Mapanje Analysis Oral traditions South Africa Oral traditions South Africa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-337) and index Subject Civilization, Western. Folk songs -- Africa, Southern -- History and criticism. Oral tradition -- Africa, Southern -- History and criticism. Oral tradition -- Africa, Southern -- History. Oral tradition -- Africa, Southern. Author White, Landeg. LC no. 91014065 ISBN 081391339X 0813913403 085255088X

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