South African Music Archive Project
East African
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- Artist(s): Shirazi men (Performer) | Composer: Mzee Juma (Performer) | 1950/07/03 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kayamba, Kidebe, Mbira, Mzee Juma, Ndebe, Nguja, Rattle, Shirazi, Shirazi, Swahili, Zanzibar, ILAM | Ndebe dance song with Kidebe (Mbira) and Kayamba flat tin rattle. Further details refer ILAM field card (D3N4)
- Composer: Bomera (Performer)Tibuhoire (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Bomera, Bunyoro, Clapping, East African, Indigenous music, Mukama, Nyoro, Praise songs, Tibuhoire, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR1939.
- Composer: Bomera (Performer)Tibuhoire (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Bomera, Bunyoro, Clapping, East African, Indigenous music, Mukama, Nyoro, Praise song, Tibuhoire, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR1939.
- Composer: Kimambo brothers (Performer)Kimambo brothers (Composer) | 1952/05/28 | Chagga, Drinking song, East African, Guitar, Kilimanjaro, Kimambo brothers, Moshi, Rombo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Translated English title - "If the beer is finished you can give me water." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3E 8
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women | Composer: Shabani Mutalisi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Manyanga, Mutalise,Shabani (Sgt.), Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Dance Song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1715
- Artist(s): Chewa women (Performer) | Composer: Chadza Nkwenda (Composer)Chewa women (Performer) | 1950/05/20 | Central African, Chadza Nkwenda, Chewa, Chewa, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Rain song. Further details refer to ILAM field card DV10
- Composer: Gethonosa Choir (Performer)J. Mabuza (Conductor)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Drum, East African, Folk music, Gethonosa Choir, Indigenous music, J. Mabuza, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3358.
- Artist(s): Chinda Kamwana (Performer) | 1952/05/24 | Accordion, Chinda Kamwana, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiamuthambi, Kikuyu, Kikuyu territory, Struck iron, Topical song, ILAM | A topical song with accordian and struck iron. The accordian is used as a ground which creates a happy noise but has little, if any, melodic or harmonic relationship to the tonality or mode of the voice."The father of the girl I want to marry came to Mombasea leaving his daughter at home - so I came to Mombasa too and said to him 'Now how about it - I want to discuss the marriage arrangements'."Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3B 5
- Artist(s): Tswa men (Performer) | Composer: Damiao Mangumu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/06/13 | East African, Folk music, Hlengwe, Indigenous music, Mangumu,Damiao, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Stampe, Tswa, Tswa, Work Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: CW-2
- Artist(s): Bakusa men | Composer: Maunda Waliaula (Composer) | 1950/09/11 | Bakusa, Bowl, Bukusu, East African, Heroic song, Indigenous music, Kenya, Litungu bowl, Luhengele inverted bowl, North Nyanza, Waliaula,Maunda, ILAM | Heroic song with Litungu bowl and Luhengele inverted bowl. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D6H1.
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