South African Music Archive Project
West African
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- Artist(s): Kaonde men | Composer: Kalateni Chilabisha | 1949/08/01 | Cylindrical Drum, Kalateni Chilabisha, Kaonde, Kaonde, Kitwe Town Compound, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, slit Drum, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Dance song. General entertainment dance. Further deails refer to ILAM field card (C3T)
- Composer: Zouma Koumassi (Performer)Amadou (Performer)Ide (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/04 | Amadou, Drum, France, French, Haoussa, Harp, Ide, Indigenous music, Konko, Nigeria, Vocal, West African, Zouma Koumassi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1054
- Composer: Zouma Koumassi(Performer)Amadou (Performer)Ide (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/04 | Amadou, Drum, French, Haoussa, Harp, Ide, Indigenous music, Konko, Nigeria, Vocal, West African, Zouma Koumassi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1054
- Composer: Nania Kouyate (Performer)Kamori Kouyate (Performer)Sidi Mamadi Dioubate (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | French Guinea, Guinea, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kamori Kouyate, Malinke, Nania Kouyate, Republic of Guinea, Sidi Mamadi Dioubate, Vocal, West African, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1068
- Composer: Nania Kouyate (Performer)Kamori Kouyate (Performer)Sidi Mamadi Dioubate (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | French Guinea, Guinea, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kamori Kouyate, Malinke, Nania Kouyate, Republic of Guinea, Sidi Mamadi Dioubate, Vocal, West African, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1068
- Composer: Konde Kouyate(Performer)Diemori Kouyate (Composer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Diemori Kouyate, French Guinea, Guinea, Harp, Indigenous music, Konde Kouyate, Kora, Lute, Malinke, Republic of Guinea, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1070
- Composer: Konde Kouyate(Performer)Diemori Kouyate (Composer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Diemori Kouyate, French Guinea, Guinea, Guitar, Indigenous music, Konde Kouyate, Malinke, Republic of Guinea, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1070
- Artist(s): Friends of Chibanda Bandawin (Performer) | Composer: Chibanda Bandawin (Performer) | 1952/01/27 | Accordion, Baudouin,Chibanda, Biruya, Bottle, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Elizabethville, Guitar, Swahili, Town dance, West African, ILAM | Biruya Town Dance. Further details refer ILAM field card number F1N-2
- Composer: African Music Research Party (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | African Music Research Party, Calypso music, Creole, Guitar, Maringar, Popular music, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0746
- Artist(s): Calender (Leader) Maringar Band (Performer) | Composer: Calender (Performer)Maringar Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Call and response, Calypso, Creole, dance, Drum, Guitar, Man singing, Maringar Band, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, Song, West African, Wooden block, ILAM | Calypso dance song performed by a small band of musicians
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