South African Music Archive Project
Bangwe board zither
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- Artist(s): Ositeni Phula (Composer/Performer)Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Ositeni Phula (Composer/Performer)Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer) | 1949/09/05 | Bangwe board zither, Chewa, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mesiyasi Chulu, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Ositeni Phula, Song, Southern African, story, ILAM | Story song accompanied by the Bangwe board zither. The English title is The frog sleeps in the water. Refer ILAM field card C5C8
- Composer: Meriki Fumbe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951/06/05 | Bangwe board zither, East African, Humorous, Indigenous music, Meriki Fumbe, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, resonato, Sena, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: E2B 21
- Artist(s): Meriki Fumbe (Performer) | Composer: Meriki Fumbe (Performer) | 1951/06/06 | Bangwe board zither, Folk, Meriki Fumbe, Petrol tin resonator, Sena, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Ten strings, topical, traditional, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by Bangwe board zither. Refer ILAM field card numer E2C26
- Artist(s): Meriki Fumbe (Performer) | Composer: Meriki Fumbe (Performer) | 1951/06/06 | Automobile, Bangwe board zither, Ca, Meriki Fumbe, Petrol tin resonator, Sena, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Ten strings, topical, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song telling someone to get into the car. Refer ILAM field card number E2C25
- Artist(s): Meriki Fumbe (Performer) | Composer: Meriki Fumbe (Performer) | 1951/06/06 | Bangwe board zither, Child, Humorous, Male singing, Meriki Fumbe, Petrol tin resonator, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Snake, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Ten strings, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song about a child who is admonished for straying and being bitten by a snake. Refer ILAM field card number E2C13
- Artist(s): Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer)Nyanja and Chewa men and women | Composer: Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer)Nyanja and Chewa men and women | 1949/09/05 | Bangwe board zither, Chewa, Chewa, dance, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mbeleka, men and women, Mesiyasi Chulu, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Mbeleka dance song for men and women, accompanied on Bangwe board zither. The English title is My leg has slipped into the cassave hole. Refer ILAM field card C5C10
- Composer: Meriki Fumbe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951/06/05 | Bangwe board zither, East African, Humorous, Indigenous music, Meriki Fumbe, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, resonato, Sena, Song, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: E2B 22
- Artist(s): Ositeni Phula (Composer/Performer)Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Ositeni Phula (Composer/Performer)Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer) | 1949/09/05 | Bangwe board zither, Chewa, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mesiyasi Chulu, Mkangala, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Ositeni Phula, Song, Southern African, Stick zither, wistful, ILAM | Wistful song accompanied by the Bangwe board zither, originally for the stick zither called Mkangala. The English title is Telekunde has thrown away her child. Refer ILAM field card C5C7
- Artist(s): Weleka Lumbe (Performer) | Composer: Weleka Lumbe (Performer) | 1950/04/29 | Bangwe board zither, Indigenous music, Lumbe,Weleka, men, Sena, Song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song performed by a man who is accompanied on the 11 note Bangwe board zither. Refer ILAM field card DA17
