South African Music Archive Project
East African
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- Artist(s): Kipsigis men | Composer: Arap Ng'asura (Composer)Kipsigis men (Performer) | 1952-00-00 | Drinking song, East African, Indigenous music, Kapkatet, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Ng'asura,Arap, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2103.
- Artist(s): Kipsigis men (Performer) | Composer: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Composer) | 1950/09/15 | Chepkongo lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kericho, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Praise song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L-1
- Artist(s): Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men | 1950/09/15 | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Praise song, Vocal, ILAM | A praise song with a Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre. The player flips the bridge of the lyre with a finger tip as he plays. The song is largely a repetition by the chorus of the words "olei yo lalei yo" a kind of "Hey - nonny - nonny."The singer also brings into his song the names of many places he has visited and likes in common with his audience.Both Kipsigis and Nandi are noted for their patriotism, their love of country as such, which they frequently express in song. This is comparitively rare with Bantu people who do not, as a rule, praise the beauty of the countryside and are mostly insensitive to scenery. Details from ILAM field card number: D6L 1
- Artist(s): Kipsigis men (Performer) | Composer: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Performer)Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony (Composer) | 1950/09/15 | Bowl lyre, Chepkongo bowl lyre, Chepkwony,Kepkoske Arap, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Praise song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6L 1
- Composer: Gomani (Performer)Composer not specified | 1923-00-00 | banjo, East African, Gomani, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Rattle, Shaker, Southern African, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1011
- Artist(s): Onge Maina (Performer) | Composer: Asunga Okwela (Performer) | 1950/07/22 | Dance song, Dho Luo, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Iron, Kenya, Kisumu, Maina,Onge, Nyangile sound box, Okwela,Asunga, ILAM | Nyangile dance song. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4G8)
- Composer: Asunga Okwela (Performer)Onge Maina (Performer) | 1950/07/22 | Dance music, Dance song, Dho, East African, Kenya, Kisumu, Luo, Maina,Onge, Nyangile, Okwela,Asunga, Sound box, Tin, Town dance, ILAM | Nyangile dance song (Town dance) with Nyangile sound box and pieces of tin. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4G8)
- Composer: Asunga Okwela (Performer)Onge Maina (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/07/22 | Dance song, Dho Luo, East African, Iron, Kenya, Kisumu, Luo, Maina,Onge, Nyangile dance, Nyangile sound box, Okwela,Asunga, Town dance, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D4G 8
- Artist(s): Asunga Okwela (Performer)Onge Maina (Performer) | Composer: Asunga Okwela (Performer)Onge Maina (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | chimes, dance, East African, Luo, Maina,Onge, Males singing, Nyangile, Okwela,Asunga, Song, Sound-box, Tanganyika, Tanzania, traditional, ILAM | Nyangile dance song performed by men who are accompanied by beats from a sound box and chimes. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Composer: Uliwa Choir (Performer)Charam B. Monthali (Conductor)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Charam B. Monthali, Chinyanja, East African, Indigenous music, Nyasaland, Rattle, Uliwa Choir, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3145.
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