South African Music Archive Project
ILAM
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- Composer: Abdalla Feza Ibraim (Performer) | 1950/08/06 | Bukoba, Folk song, Haya, Ibrahim,Abdalla Feza, Indigenous music, Nanga, Nyoro, Southern African, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, Trough zither, Zither, ILAM | Folk music - Topical song with trough zither.Further details refer ILAM field card (D4X17)
- Artist(s): Abdalla Feze Ibraim (Performer) | Composer: Abdalla Feze Ibraim (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | East African, Haya, Ibrahim,Abdalla Feza, Male singing, Nanga trough zither, Nyoro, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, topical, ILAM | Topical song about a chief who fell out of favour with the English and wanted to resign from the position. The song is accompanied by the Nanga zither. Refer ILAM field card number D4X17
- Composer: Abdalla Feza Ibraim (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Bukoba, East African, Haya, Ibrahim,Abdalla Feza, Nanga zithe, Nyoro, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1762.
- Composer: Ndasimi Sarubare (Performer) | 1950/09/30 | Arusha, Dance music, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Initiaition, Masai, Ndasimi Sarubare, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Traditional music, ILAM | Folk music - Initiation dance song with Arusha men.Further details refer ILAM field card (D7A4)
- Artist(s): Ndasimi Sarubare (Performer/Lead)Arusha men (Performer) | Composer: Ndasimi Sarubare (Performer/Lead)Arusha men (Performer) | 1950/09/30 | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, circumcision, Folk - East African, Masai, Masai, Ndasimi Sarubare, Rika, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Rika. Initiation song for boys and girls. This is a self praise song by boys and girls who are waiting during the Rika period prior to undergoing circumcision. The leader sings in a kind of falsetto voice which is much appreciated by the people - but on a recording gives no idea of his manly appearance. The calling for a special response during the course of the recitative is typical of Arusha songs. The full song is not available here.
- Artist(s): Arusha men | Composer: Ndasimi Sarubare (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Arusha, Arusha, East African, Masai, Ndasimi Sarubare, Rika initiation dance song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2040.
- Composer: Albert Street Mixed Quartet (Performer)Jazz Revellers Band (Performer) Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Albert Street Mixed Quartet, band, Basutoland, Euro-African Music, Jazz, Jazz Revellers Band, Lesotho, Piano, Sotho, South Africa, South Sotho, Southern African, String, Violin, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0822
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Sipedi, J.S. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makua, Malawi, Nyasaland, Sipedi,J.S., Southern African, Story Song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Unaccompanied story song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O15)
- Artist(s): Luunda women at Lake Nwenu | Composer: Luunda women (Performer) | 1949/07/20 | Clapping, Kambwali, Kawambwa, Lake Mwexa, Lake Nwenu, Luunda, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music. Sung in the fields whilst sowing seeds. The monkey dances infront of the others. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)
- Artist(s): Isaac Matafwana (Performer)Sunkutu (Performer) | Composer: I. Matafwana (Composer) | 1957/07/06 | Belgian Congo, Bemba, Bottle, Guitar, Matafwana, Isaac, Northern Rhodesia, Sunkutu, Topical - Central Africa, ILAM | "The small rough knot that spoils good work". He goes on to say " If your mother has no wisdom, how can you have wisdom?" " I married a beautiful woman, but I left her for she was diseased.", If a small imperfection spoils an otherwise good work, they call the obstruction a "knot", as in a string.
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