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Shona praise-poetry
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies • 37 (1) • Published In 1974 • Pages: 65-75
By: Fortune, G. (George), Hodza, Aaron C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This discussion of praise poems sorts them into three categories: praises recited to members of particular clans; praises and celebrations of individual qualities in persons other than clansmen; and boasts in which the qualities of the speaker himself are celebrated.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Music
- Dance
- Localized kin groups
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Cultural identity and pride
- Social personality
- Military organization
- War veterans
- Ethnozoology
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi A. Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- By G. Fortune and A. C. Hodza
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 26023015
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)