South African Music Archive Project
West African
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- Artist(s): Men and women | Composer: Soldiers of Battalhas (Performer) | 1949/09/20 | Battalhas, Cape Verde, Portugese East Africa, Sena, Senegal, Unaccompanied, West African, ILAM | Dance song for men and women. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C5R1)
- Artist(s): None | Composer: Portuguese soldiers (Performer) | 1949/09/19 | Cape Verde, Chwabo, Portugese East Africa, Portuguese soldiers, Senegal, Unaccompanied, West African, ILAM | Dance song for Baili dance. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C5Q6)
- Composer: Mensah, E.T. (Performer)Tempos Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Drum, Ga, Ghana, Guitar, Mensah,E.T., Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, Tempos Band, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0714
- Artist(s): Men and women | Composer: Soldiers of Battalhas (Performer) | 1949/09/20 | Battalhas, Cape Verde, Portugese East Africa, Sena, Senegal, Unaccompanied, West African, ILAM | Dance song for men and women. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C5R)2
- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, English, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0751
- Artist(s): None | Composer: Portuguese soldiers (Performer) | 1949/09/19 | Cape Verde, Chwabo, Portugese East Africa, Portuguese soldiers, Senegal, Unaccompanied, West African, ILAM | Dance song for Baili dance. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C5Q5)
- Artist(s): Ngoni men and women | Composer: Mapato Chilonwe | 1949/08/05 | Clapping, Mapato Chilonwe, Ngoni, Ngoni, Nkana Mine, Northern Rhodesia, slit Drum, West African, Wusakili Compound, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Dance song for Ngoma men. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3X)
- Artist(s): Lozi men | Composer: Nelson Susika (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Kitwe Town Compound, Lozi, Lozi, Nelson Susika, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Xylophone, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music. Dance Song with Malimba accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3T).
- Artist(s): ET Mensah (Leader)ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | Composer: ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Big band music style, Brass instruments, 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
- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0750
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