| Text, theory, space: land, literature and history in South Africa and Australia K Darian-Smith, L Gunner, S Nuttall Routledge, 2005 | 237* | 2005 |
| Power, marginality and African oral literature G Furniss Cambridge University Press; Johannesburg: Wits Press, 1995 | 221 | 1995 |
| Politics and performance: theatre, poetry, and song in Southern Africa E Gunner Indiana University Press, 1994 | 160 | 1994 |
| Jacob Zuma, the social body and the unruly power of song L Gunner African affairs 108 (430), 27-48, 2009 | 143 | 2009 |
| Africa and orality L Gunner The Cambridge history of African and Caribbean literature 1, 1-18, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| Musho!: Zulu popular praises L Gunner, M Gwala MSU Press, 1991 | 114 | 1991 |
| Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities WJ Tettey, W Mano, T Bosch, SR Davis, S Wolters, SP Lekgoathi, S Straus, ... Wits University Press, 2011 | 106 | 2011 |
| The Man of Heaven and the Beautiful Ones of God: Writings E Gunner Brill, 2002 | 88* | 2002 |
| Songs of Innocence and Experience: Women as Composers and Performers of" Izibongo", Zulu Praise Poetry E Gunner Research in African Literatures 10 (2), 239-267, 1979 | 82 | 1979 |
| Wrestling with the present, beckoning to the past: contemporary Zulu radio drama L Gunner Journal of Southern African Studies 26 (2), 223-237, 2000 | 81 | 2000 |
| The Man of Heaven and the Beautiful Ones of God: Writings E Gunner Brill, 2002 | 72 | 2002 |
| The Man of Heaven and the Beautiful Ones of God: Writings E Gunner Brill, 2002 | 72 | 2002 |
| Ukubonga Nezibongo: Zulu Praising and Praises EAW Gunner PQDT-Global, 1984 | 55 | 1984 |
| A dying tradition? African oral literature in a contemporary context E Gunner Social Dynamics 12 (2), 31-38, 1986 | 53 | 1986 |
| Orality and literacy: dialogue and silence E Gunner Discourse and its Disguises: The Interpretation of African Oral Texts, 49-56, 1989 | 50 | 1989 |
| Remaking the warrior? The role of orality in the liberation struggle and in post‐apartheid South Africa L Gunner Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa 7 (2), 19-30, 1995 | 48 | 1995 |
| Song, story and nation: Women as singers and actresses in Zimbabwe MB Chitauro, C Dube, E Gunner | 48 | 1994 |
| Still beating the drum: critical perspectives on Lewis Nkosi L Stiebel, E Gunner Rodopi, 2005 | 45 | 2005 |
| Song, story and nation: Women as singers and actresses in Zimbabwe MB Chitauro, C Dube, E Gunner | 45 | 1994 |
| Zulu woman: the life story of Christina Sibiya RH Reyher Feminist Press at CUNY, 1999 | 42 | 1999 |
