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, Blues, Buddy Squire, Drum, Ga, Ghana, Hot Shots, Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0753
- Artist(s): Bemba Boys | Composer: Eduard Bwalga (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Bemba, Bemba, Bwalya,Edward, Cylindrical Drum, Double-headed drum laced, Kitwe Town Compound, Northern Rhodesia, West African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | "When you dance with a friend's girl you are afraid". Further details refer to ILAM field card (C3T).
- Artist(s): JH Hempstead (Leader)The Gold Coast Police Band (Performer) | Composer: The Gold Coast Police Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Brass instruments, dance, Drum set, English, Gold Coast Police Band, Guitar, Hempstead,J.H., High Life, Instrumental, Maracas, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, West African, Woodwind instruments, ILAM | High life dance music, performed on various instruments
- Composer: Congo Abana Band (Performer)Piccolo Pete (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Benin, Congo Abana Band, Guitar, Nigeria, Piccolo, Piccolo Pete, Popular music, Togo, Vocal, West African, Yoruba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0744
- Composer: Congo Abana Band (Performer)Piccolo Pete (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Benin, Congo Abana Band, Guitar, Nigeria, Piccolo, Piccolo Pete, Popular music, Togo, Vocal, West African, Yoruba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0744
- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Creole, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0751
- Artist(s): Adjado's group of Performer (Performer) | Composer: Adjado (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Adjado, Benin, Dance music, Drum, Indigenous music, Nigeria, Togo, Vocal, West African, Yoruba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1062
- Composer: Adjado (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Adjado, Benin, Dance music, Drum, Indigenous music, Nigeria, Togo, Vocal, West African, Yoruba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1062
- Composer: Ralph Wright and his Rythm Boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Calypso music, Creole, Drum, Guitar, Popular music, Rhythm Boys, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, Wright,Ralph, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0757
- Artist(s): Ganda Women | Composer: Composer not specifiedAlima Binti Feluze (Performer) | 1920/04/01 | Alexander Hall, Alima Binti Feluze, Clapping, East African, Ganda, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Party song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Uganda, West African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM filed card number XYZ6019a
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