South African Music Archive Project
East African
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- Artist(s): Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Lugobe (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Dance music, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lugobe, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Manyanga dance song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4C3)
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Lugobe (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Dance song, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lugobe, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Lugaya song for the chief. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4C1)
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women | Composer: Lugobe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Drum, East African, Greeting song, Lugaya greeting song for chiefs, Lugobe, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1452.
- Artist(s): Baiyani Medurek (Performer) | 1950/10/02 | Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, East African, Folk music, Masai, Medurek,Baiyani, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | An Osingolio Longishu cattle song. "The Germans are nothing to us. They were defeated by the English. We are not sleeping and will fight for our country. We love our country and our cattle.", The Arusha tribe fought on several occasions against the Germans during their early occupation of Tanganyika. Different men take over the solo between the chorus refrains.
- Artist(s): Swahili men (Performer) | Composer: Shaib Hemed (Composer)Swahili men (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | East African, Folk music, Hemed,Shaibu, Indigenous music, Kenya, Ndongwe stick dance song, Swahili, Swahili, ILAM | Stick dance "Hoist your sail high" Further details refer to ILAM field card D7N
- Composer: Shaibu HemedSwahili men | 1950/10/13 | dance, Drum, East African, Hemed,Shaibu, Kenya, Ndongwe, Song, Stick, Swahili, Swahili, Zumali oboe, ILAM | Ndongwe stick dance song accompanied by 3 cylindrical drums with different beaters, and 1 Zumali 5 holed oboeRefer ILAM field card D7N6
- Artist(s): Gogo men (Performer) | Composer: Yobwa chapi (Composer)Gogo men (Performer) | 1950/06/17 | East African, Flute, Folk music, Gogo, Gogo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Yobwa chapi, ILAM | Nindo praise song. Further details refer to ILAM field card D2X
- Artist(s): Rwanda girls (Performer) | Composer: Mihambari (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/07/02 | Central African, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Gihini, Indigenous music, Mihambari, Ruanda-Urundi, Rwanda, Rwandan, Wedding song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3S 1
- Artist(s): Haya women | Composer: Mwendera Kaijape (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Bukoba, East African, Haya, Haya, Mwendera Kaijape, Nyoro, Praise song for a chief, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1672.
- Composer: Kamwema Jean et ses Amis (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Bikinya town dance song, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kamwema Jean, Kenya, Ngala, Town dance song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2778.
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