South African Music Archive Project
East African
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- Artist(s): Swahili women | Composer: Mwana Bibi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Farewell song, Mwana Bibi, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Swahili, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1503.
- 1954/12/12 | East African, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Radio Club, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM library number: A10.
- Composer: Manuel Silva (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | East African, Indigenous music, Manuel Silva, Sena, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2893.
- Artist(s): Zaramo boys | Composer: Pembe Selemani (Performer/Leader) | 1950/06/24 | Daressalaam, East African, Flute, Flute ensemble, Pembe Selemani, Rattle, Stick, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zaramo, Zaramo, ILAM | Mbeta pipe danceFolk SongFurther details refer ILAM field card (D3E5)
- Artist(s): Zaramo boys (Performer) | Composer: Pembe Selemani (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dance song, Daressalaam, East African, Flute, Folk music, Friction stick, Indigenous music, Mbeta dance, Mbeta pipe dance, Pembe Selemani, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tin rattle, Viyanzi flute, Zaramo, Zaramo, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1569
- Artist(s): Pembe Selemani (Leader) | Composer: Zaramo men (Performer) | 1950/06/24 | dance, Daressalaam, East African, ensemble, Friction sticks, Mbeta, Pembe Selemani, Pipe, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zaramo, Zaramo, ILAM | Mbeta pipe dance for young men, performed on pipes, friction sticks, and tin rattle. Refer ILAM field card D3E5
- Artist(s): Zaramo young men (Performer)Pembe Selemani (Performer) | Composer: Zaramo young men (Performer)Pembe Selemani (Performer) | 1950/06/24 | Call and response, dance, East African, Folk, Friction sticks, Mbeta, Pembe Selemani, Pipes, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tin rattles, traditional, Viyanzi vertical flute, Zaramo, Zaramo, ILAM | Pipe dance with various wind instruments accompanied by rattles and friction sticks. Refer ILAM field card number D3E5
- 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 | Pipe dance with various wind instruments accompanied by rattles and friction sticks. This is a copy of the TP2474. Refer ILAM field card number D2E5
- Artist(s): Pembe Selemani and Zaramo boys | 1950-00-00 | Dar-es-Salaam, 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., 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.
- Composer: Tonga men and women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/06/14 | Clapping, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tonga, Tonga, Zore dance, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: CX-1
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