South African Music Archive Project
Southern African
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- Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedRubeni Mhango (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mhango,Rubeni, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Spirit song, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "The spear is broken." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0676
- Composer: Bantu Dramatic Group (Performer)Lebenye Matlotlo (Leader)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Bantu Dramatic Group, Indigenous music, Lesotho, Matlotlo,Lebenye, Sotho, Southern Africa, Southern African, Wedding song, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2642.
- Composer: Composer not specifiedDenesi Nkunta (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lala, Mbira, Nkunta,Denesi, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Swaka, Zambia, ILAM | Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0669-XYZT4039a
- Artist(s): Seli's nephews (Performer) | Composer: Seli's nephews | 1900-01-00 | Chinyanja, concertina, dance, Guitar, Malawi, Men singing, Part singing, Popular music, Seli's nephews, Song, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Popular dance song accompanied by the guitar and concertina.Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1008
- Artist(s): Ganizoni Mbongalolo (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Ganizoni Mbongalolo (Composer/Performer) | 1950-00-00 | 12 Note Kalimba, Ganizoni Mbongalolo, Kalimba, Malawi, Mbira, Nsenga, Nyasaland, self-delectative, Song, Southern African, ILAM | A man singing a self-delectative song and who is accompanied by the 12 note Kalimba mbira. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Composer: Sokesi Hanombe (Performer) | 1948/05/07 | Drum, Ila, Lendwe, Mapanza, Namalwa, Northern Rhodesia, Sokesi Hanombe, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Drinking song with a friction drum
- Artist(s): Nsenga women | Composer: Lungu,Y. (Composer/Performer)Yelele Lungu (Composer/Performer) | 1949/08/29 | Kalimba, Lungu,Yelele, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Southern African, Wistful song, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Wistful song with Nsenga women and Kalimba. English translated title - "I have been at the river all morning." Further details refer ILAM field card (C4V21).
- Artist(s): Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele Lungu (Performer)Yelele Lungu (Composer) | 1949/08/29 | Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lungu,Yelele, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Southern African, Wistful song, Zambia, ILAM | Wistful song with Kalimba Mbira. Translated English title - "I have been at the river all the morning." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4V-21
- Composer: Hope Fountain Native Girls Choir (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Choral music, Country-African, Folk song, Hope Fountain Native Girls Choir, Indigenous music, Ndebele, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Unaccompanied, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0684.
- Composer: Mad Joe and Doy Coy (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | Basutoland, Dance Band, Doy Coy, Guitar, Lesotho, Mad Joe, Piano, Sotho, Southern African, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3599.
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