South African Music Archive Project
West African
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- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Creole, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Rumba, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0749
- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Rumba, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0748
- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, Drum, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0758
- Composer: Ralph Wright and his Rythm Boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Creole, Drum, Guitar, Popular music, Rhythm Boys, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, Wright,Ralph, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0756
- Artist(s): Lozi men | Composer: Nelson Susiko (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Kitwe Town Compound, Lozi, Lozi, Nelson Susiko, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Xylophone, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Dance Song. Dance used when going to the plains. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3T)
- Artist(s): Luvale men Likembe | Composer: Musumali Chinyama (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Clapping, Cylindrical Drum, goblet Drum, Kitwe Town Compound, Luvale, Luvale, Musumali Chinyama, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Dance songs for Mutenya dance. Performed by men and women. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3Y)
- Artist(s): JH Hempstead (Leader)The Gold Coast Police Band (Performer) | Composer: The Gold Coast Police Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Big band music style, Brass instruments, dance, Drum set, Ga, Gold Coast Police Band, Guitar, Hempstead,J.H., High Life, Instrumental, Maracas, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, West African, ILAM | High dance life music, performed on various instruments
- Artist(s): JH Hempstead (Leader)The Gold Coast Police Band (Performer) | Composer: The Gold Coast Police Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Big band music style, Brass instruments, dance, Drum set, Ewe, Gold Coast Police Band, Guitar, Hempstead,J.H., High Life, Instrumental, Maracas, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, West African, Wooden block, ILAM | High dance life music, performed on various instruments
- Artist(s): Boma MzembeHenga men | Composer: Rubeni Mhango (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Clapping, Henga, Henga, Mhango,Rubeni, Mufulira Mine, Mzembe,Boma, Northern Rhodesia, rattles, Tumbuka, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Dance song. Spirit Dance. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3R)
- Artist(s): Luunda women at Lake Nwenu | Composer: Luunda women (Performer) | 1949/07/20 | Clapping, Kambwali, Kawambwa, Lake Mwexa, Lake Nwenu, Luunda, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music. Sung in the fields whilst sowing seeds. The monkey dances infront of the others. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3H)
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