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  1. Nyon anyona

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    Composer: Lang Obiero (Composer/Performer) | 1952/09/26 | East African, Guitar, Kenya, Luo, Nairobi, Obiero,Lang, Rattle, ILAM | Town dance music. Further details refer ILAM field card (F4Z9)

  2. Nyon anyona

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    Composer: Lang Obiero (Performer)Obiero (Composer) | 1952/09/26 | Dance song, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Kisumu, Luo, Obiero,Lang, Popular music, Rattle, Southern African, Town dance, Yala Gem, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4Z 9

  3. Nyona Nyona

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    1900-01-00 | Drum, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kenya, Nairobi, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC76.

  4. Nyonyo Mirando

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    Composer: Simoni Zambezi Chirumba (Performer) | 1949/09/21 | Drinking song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Nsansi, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Simoni Zambezi Chirumba, Tete, Tonga, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. C5S10b.

  5. Nyumba ya mwari witu

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    Artist(s): Kikuyu boys (Performer) | Composer: Kariuki Ndenderu (Performer) | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kariuki Ndenderu, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Nairobi, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Njama dance song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D6T3.

  6. Nyumba ya mwari witu

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    Artist(s): Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specified | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiambu district, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Ndenderu, Kariuki, ILAM | A dance song, Njama for old men. "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows". The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable, instead of on the penultimate, might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8

  7. Nyumba ya mwari witu

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    Artist(s): Kikuyu boys | Composer: Kariuki Ndenderu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kariuki Ndenderu, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Njama Dance song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3613.

  8. Nzaa ndume ta Somba

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    Composer: Munyithya wa Kyenze (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/25 | 1-string lute, East African, Kamba, Kenya, Lute, Machakos, Mbebe, Munyithya wa Kyenze, ILAM | Love SongFurther details refer ILAM field card (D6V3a)

  9. Nzaa nduna ta Samba

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    Composer: Munyithya wa Kyenze (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/25 | East African, Kamba, Kenya, Love song, Munyithya wa Kyenze, String lute, ILAM | Translated English title- "I truly love you.". Further details refer ILAM record field card number XYZ5558a

  10. Nzagamba ya mabilo mabilo

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    Artist(s): Sukuma men | Composer: Thungu Giti (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Giti,Thungu, Nyamwezi, Phuwa dance song, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1505.

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