Oral poetry and literary history in South Africa
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- review
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa
- Vol. 6 (2), 165-180
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1013929x.1994.9677938
Abstract
Karin Barber and P.F. de Moraes Farias (eds). 1989. Discourse and its Disguises: The Interpretation of African Oral Texts. Birmingham University: Centre of West African Studies. 209pp. Russell H. Kaschula (ed). 1993. Foundations in Southern African Oral Literature. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press (The African Studies Reprint Series: Volume Two). 382pp. Jeff Opland (ed). 1992. Words that Circle Words: A Choice of South African Oral Poetry. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker. 328pp. Leroy Vail and Landeg White. 1991. Power and the Praise Poem: Southern African Voices in History. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. London: James Currey. 345pp.Keywords
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