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Power and the praise poem : southern African voices in history / by Leroy Vail and Landeg White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vail, Leroy.
- Series:
- Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oral tradition--Africa, Southern--History and criticism.
- Oral tradition.
- Folk songs--Africa, Southern--History and criticism.
- Folk songs.
- Civilization, Western.
- Southern Africa.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia ; London : James Currey, 1991.
- Summary:
- Highly regarded for their interdisciplinary approach to the history of central and southern Africa, Leroy Vail and Landeg White now provide us with a thorough study of the political role of the poet in the oral societies of southern Africa.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-337) and index.
- ISBN:
- 081391339X
- 0813913403
- 085255088X
- OCLC:
- 23693465
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