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  1. Artist(s): Ngoma ya Udi (Performer) | Composer: Ramadhani Fataki (Composer/Performer) | 1950/07/20 | Duff, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Love song, Mandoline, Ngoma ya Udi, Nguja, Ramadhani Fataki, Swahili, Tabora, Tamborine, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Udi, ILAM | Translation: You are my heart. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D4E-5.
  2. Artist(s): Ngoma Ya Udi | Composer: Ramadhani Fataki (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Love song, Mandoline, Ngoma ya Udi, Nguja, Ramadhani Fataki, Swahili, Tambourine, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Udi, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number CR1418Translated in English "You are my heart"
  3. Artist(s): Sunderland Dance Band (Performer)Leader Louis Mellito (Performer) | Composer: Sunderland Dance Band (Performer)Leader Louis Mellito (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | dance, East African, Guitar, Mellito,Louis, Nguja, Orchestra, Rumba, singing, Sunderland Dance Band, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Rumba performed by on guitars and accompanied by singing. The English title is You Mwajuma, have turned me down. ILAM field card number is unknown
  4. Artist(s): Kyomile Kabanydekile (Performer)Unknown others (Performer) | Composer: Kyomile Kabanydekile (Performer)Unknown others (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Call and response, Clapping, Drum, East African, Haya, Kyomile Kabanydekile, Males singing, Nyoro, Paddling, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, Water, ILAM | Traditional paddling song accompanied by drums and clapping. ILAM field card number is unknown
  5. Artist(s): Ekisa Saulo (Performer)Teso men (Performer) | 1950/09/04 | Akisuku Dance Song, Ekisa Saulo, Folk - East African, Teso, Tororo district, Uganda, ILAM | Akisuku dance song for men, with clapping. 'Ewututu' is the happy noise made by the Ground Hornbill early in the morning. He is happy they say because he is with his wife. "Yalama Kapeni Kokileni-Keni, Yalama Kapeni.", The Akisuku dance is done by men and women in two rows shoulder to shoulder. They spring in the air in unison without apparently moving arms or legs but with a clear straight spring, up and down in time to the music. The full song is not avaiable here.
  6. 1950/08/23 | Bulabule, Bulabule, Central African, Language, Nyoro, Toro, Uganda, ILAM | This is a sample recording of the Bulabule language Refer ILAM field card D5O6
  7. Composer: Zulu men and women (Performer) | 1955/01/27 | regimental, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Regimental song performed when on duty and not necessarily only for fighting. Refer ILAM field card H1D9
  8. Artist(s): Zulu men and women (Performer) | Composer: Ceshwayo (Composer)Chief Buthelezi (Performer) | 1955/01/27 | Ceremonial song, Ceshwayo, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, KwaZulu-Natal, Mahlabatini, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Stamping, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Ihubo ceremonial song with stamping. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1D13)
  9. Composer: Buthelezi Tribesman (Performer)Chief Gatsha Buthelezi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1963-00-00 | Buthelezi Tribesman, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0811.
  10. Artist(s): Luunda men | Composer: French Chikunji (Composer) | 1952/01/15 | Chikuriji,French, Luunda, Luunda, Mufulera, Northern African, Northern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zambia, ILAM | Topical song which is unaccompanied. Further details refer o ILAM field card (F1F3)

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