South African Music Archive Project
ILAM
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- Artist(s): Zaramo young men (Performer)Pembe Selemani (Performer) | Composer: Zaramo young men (Performer)Pembe Selemani (Performer) | 1950/06/24 | Call and response, East African, Folk, Friction sticks, Male singing, Mbeta, Pembe Selemani, Pipes, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tin rattles, traditional, Viyanzi vertical flute, Zaramo, Zaramo, ILAM | Mbeta pipe dance with various wind instruments accompanied by rattles and friction sticks. Refer ILAM field card number D3E4
- Artist(s): Pembe Selemani and Zaramo men | 1950-00-00 | Dar-es-Salaam, Folk - East African, Mbeta pipe dance, Selemani, Pembe, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zaramo, ILAM | An Mbeta pipe dance with Viyanzi vertical flutes, 2 friction sticks, and tin rattles., "You are giving me a lot of trouble. Go and eat food prepared by my mother on a basket. You will find it better and different from food prepared on enamel plates which make your stomach bad.", The players start to play beginning with the pipe 3rd from the lowest. Each piper above them takes his rhythm from the next man below. If one fails to get started he holds up all the others above. The leader then comes along and gets his rhythm for him and his companions can then take up the rhythm until the treble player at last joins in., Set of 13 pipes. The tuning of this set was as follows:- 584, 320, 440, 392, 336, 292, giving a pentatonic scale. The total range was just over two octaves.
- Artist(s): Wm. Mseleku (Conductor) | Composer: Amanzimtoti Zulu Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1960-00-00 | Amanzimtoti Zulu Choir, Choir, Choral music, KwaZulu-Natal, Mseleku,W.M., Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Vocal, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0692
- Composer: Mabel Mafuya (Performer and Composer) | 1960-00-00 | Folk music, Mabel Mafuya, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3826.
- Composer: Composer not specifiedGeorge Sibanda (Performer)Sibanda, G. (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Guitar, Love song, Ndebele, Sibanda, George, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0562-XYZ4666
- Composer: George Sibanda (Composer/Performer) | 1950/04/29 | Bulawayo, Guitar, Love song, Ndebele, Sibanda, George, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Love song with guitar. Translated English title - "My love has gone to Johannesburg." Further details refer ILAM field card (DA6)
- Artist(s): Sena people (Performer) | Composer: Soldiers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Indigenous language, Kuba, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Sena, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Kuba dance song. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1230
- Artist(s): Luunda men (Performer) | Composer: Zenzi, G. (Performer)Gibsoni Zenzi (Performer) | 1952/01/10 | Bottle, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luunda, Luunda, Mwinilunga, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, Zenzi,Gibsoni, ILAM | Sikinta dance song with struck bottles. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1B2)
- Composer: Bekyibee A. Mosonik (Performer)Bekyibee A. Mosonik (Composer) | 1950/09/15 | East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Milking song, Mosonik,Bekyibei Arap, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 24
- Composer: Chelitet A. Mosonik (Performer)Chelitet A. Mosonik (Composer) | 1950/09/15 | East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipugandet lyre, Milking song, Mosonik,Chelitet A., ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 24
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