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