South African Music Archive Project
West African
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- Artist(s): Buddy Squire (Leader) | Composer: The Hot Shots (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Band music, Buddy Squire, Drum, Ga, Ghana, Hot Shots, Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0741
- Artist(s): Calender (Leader) Maringar Band (Performer) | Composer: Calender (Performer)Maringar Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso, Creole, Creole, dance, Drum, Guitar, Indigenous music, Man singing, Maringar Band, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, Song, West African, ILAM | Calypso dance song performed by a small band of musicians
- Artist(s): Mbango | Composer: Timbila Ngodo | 1948/10/17 | Chopi, CMR East Africa, Mbango, rattles, Timbila Ngodo, West African, xylophones, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card (CMR25)
- Artist(s): T. Ngodo | Composer: Maposi | 1948/10/17 | Chopi, CMR East Africa, Maposi,Teni, Ngodo, rattles, West African, xylophones, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card (CMR26)
- Artist(s): ET Mensah (Leader)ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | Composer: ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Brass instruments, Clave rhythm, dance, Drum set, Fante, Ghana, Guitar, High Life, Instrumental, Mensah,E.T., Percusssion instruments, Popular music, Rhythm sticks, Tempos Band, West African, ILAM | High life dance music, performed on various instruments
- Artist(s): Lozi men and women | Composer: Elizabeth Kabuku (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Elizabeth Kabuku, Lozi, Lozi, Nkana Mine, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Wusakili Compound, Xylophone, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Dance song performed for men. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3X)
- Artist(s): Boma MzembeHenga men | Composer: Makintoshi Hara (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Hara,Makintoshi, Henga, Henga, Mufulira Mine, Mzembe,Boma, Northern Rhodesia, Tumbuka, Two bass Drum laced, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Drinking song. You lied to me my wife. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3R)Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3R)
- Artist(s): Bemba Boys | Composer: Kefasi Mwanza (Leader) | 1949/08/06 | Bemba, Guitar accoustic, Kitwe Management Board Compound, Mwanza,Kefasi, Ngoni, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Zimbabwe, Zulu, ILAM | Dance Song. Step dance song "Chikako". Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3Y).
- Artist(s): Small girlsKatraluye Lili Nwamsa | Composer: Lili Nwamsa (Composer/Performer) | 1949/07/22 | Bemba, Clapping, goblet Drum, Katraluye, Kawambwa, L.L. Settlement, Luunda, Northern Rhodesia, Nwamsa,Lili, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | School song. Indigenous Luunda Music. "Bury me near the road". Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3J)
- Artist(s): Lenje men and women | Composer: Tesina Nedende (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Clapping, Lenje, Lenje, Nkana Mine, Northern Rhodesia, Tesina Nedende, West African, Wusakili Compound, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Hunting song. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3X)
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