South African Music Archive Project
Southern African
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- Composer: Dundee Wandering Singers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Dundee Wandering Singers, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Topical song, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3413
- Composer: The Tiny Boy's Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | Folk music, Guitar, Johannesburg, South Africa, Southern African, Tiny Boys Choir, Vocal Mbube, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TP3815-1991.
- Composer: The Tiny Boy's Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | Folk music, Guitar, Johannesburg, South Africa, Southern African, Tiny Boys Choir, Vocal Mbube, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TP3816-1991.
- Composer: Leader Adao Chidanyane | 1949/06/08 | Chidanyane,Adao, Chopi, Chopi, farmer, Mozambique, Portuguese, Portuguese East Africa, Song, Southern African, ILAM | In the song, people are reminded to greet farmer in Portuguese rather than Chopi because the farmer's success places him above other Chopi.Refer ILAM field card CR19
- Composer: Blaisoni Jere | 1950/05/26 | Bango, chiefs, delectative, Henga, Jere,Blaisoni, Malawi, Nyasaland, rivalry, Song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Zither, ILAM | Self delectative song about the rivaly among chiefs. The song is accompanied by the Bango board zither. Refer ILAM field card D2B9
- Composer: Tyson's Autoharp band (Performer) | 1947-00-00 | Dance song, Dipela, Indigenous music, Mbira, Northern Transvaal, Pedi, Rattle, Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Town dance, Transvaal, Tyson, Tyson's Autoharp Band, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field record no. TP0086-ABC793.
- 1900-01-00 | Piano, Song, Southern African, Spanish, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0390-ABC11033
- Composer: The City Dazzlers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Calypso in Zulu, City Dazzlers, Indigenous music, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3757.
- Composer: T Makala (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | concertina, Indigenous music, Lesotho, Makala,T., Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1201
- Composer: Chikani Mususa (Composer/Performer) | 1949/09/23 | Budya, Charewa, Chikani Mususa, Korekore, Madebe, Mbira, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Humourous song
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