A Praise Song is a performative oral genre within the broader category of praise poetry that functions as a culturally specific, metrically structured verbal art form distinguished by its direct address to an individual, lineage, or deity, employing metaphor, allusion, and symbolic praise to affirm social identity, legitimize authority, or commemorate heroic deeds.
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Islam and popular music in Senegal: the emergence of a ‘new tradition’
Fiona McLaughlin · Africa · 1997 · 58 citations
‘“Let Us Now Praise Famous Men”’
Patrick Taylor · Journal SOGC · 1998 · 37 citations
‘Let us now praise famous men’
D J E Cheshire · Spinal Cord · 1979 · 36 citations · Full text
Response to Praise by Emotionally Disturbed Boys
Gerald R. Levin, John J. Simmons · Psychological Reports · 1962 · 23 citations
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- DK
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- DLDenise Levertov
1 publications · 13 citations
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- ECEdward C. Dimock
1 publications · 13 citations
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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
1 h-index
1 publications
37 citations
Washington University in St. Louis
St Louis, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
49 citations
Phoenix (United States)
Monona, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
36 citations
Institut des Mondes Africains
Paris, France
1 h-index
1 publications
14 citations
State Board of Education
Washington D.C., United States
1 h-index
1 publications
23 citations
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
23 citations
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- Africa
1 publications · 58 citations
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- The American Journal of Philology
AJP · 1 publications · 20 citations
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- Journal SOGC
1 publications · 37 citations
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- Research in African Literatures
1 publications · 14 citations
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- Books Abroad
1 publications · 13 citations
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