Vail, Leroy. Power and the Praise Poem: Southern African Voices in History - Charlottesville : London : University Press of Virginia ; James Currey, 1991. - xv, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies . ISBN: 081391339X (cloth) 0813913403 (pbk.) 085255088X (James Currey paper) Subjects--Topical Terms: Oral tradition--Africa, Southern.Folk songs--History and criticism.--Africa, SouthernCivilization, Western. LC Class. No.: GR 358 / .V35 1991