South African Music Archive Project
Dance music
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- Artist(s): Swahili man and girl (Performer) | Composer: Morris Kalala (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/18 | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Congo, Dance music, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Kalala,Morris, Rumba, Swahili, Swahili, ILAM | Rumba. Further details refer ILAM field card number F1H-5
- Composer: Jean Bosco Mwenda (Composer/Performer) | 1952/02/03 | Belgian Congo, Bikinya, Central African, Congo, Dance music, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Katanga, Mwenda,Jean Bosco, Swahili, Town dance, ILAM | Bikinya type dance song about a bachelor. The song is accompanied by a guitar. Refer ILAM field card F1T12
- Composer: Aron (Jack) Lerole (Performer)Pieter (Performer)Aron Lerole (Composer) | 1967-00-00 | Dance music, Gauteng, Guitar, Jive, Johannesburg, Lerole,Aron (Jack), Lerole,Pieter, Popular music, Saxophone, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0621
- Artist(s): Abdala Ibrahimu (Leader) | Composer: Chipukizi Rumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | banjo, Chipukizi Rumba, Dance Band, Dance music, Drum, East African, Guitar, Ibrahim,Abdala, Kazoo, Mandoline, Mwanza, Popular music, Rumba, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, Whistle, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (Commercial Recordings) number: CR0110
- Composer: Zulu women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Clapping, Dance music, Indigenous music, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Vocals, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP4363
- Composer: Kazembe group of men and women (Performer) | 1949/07/19 | Clapping, Dance music, Drum, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Kawambwa, Kazembe, Luunda, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zambia, ILAM | Indigenous folk music for hunting song and dance with drums and clappingFurther details refer ILAM field card (C3G16)
- Composer: Ndau men (Performer) | 1948/03/14 | Chopi, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndau, Ndau, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music - Country dance music with Ndau men and Mbira accompaniment. Further details refer ILAM field card (R3)
- Composer: Kenga Mayele (Performer) | 1950/10/16 | Clapping, Dance music, East African, Folk music, Giryama, Indigenous music, Kenya, Malindi, Mayele,Kenga, Nika, ILAM | Folk music - Msego dance song for men and women with Giryama men and with clapping.Further details refer ILAM field card (D7Q6)
- Artist(s): Luunda boys (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedChipepa, A. (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Chipepa,Ali, Dance music, Drinking song, Indigenous music, Luunda, Luunda, Mashia, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Yodelling, Zambia, ILAM | Mashia dance music. Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0660-XYZT4031
- Artist(s): S. Abdullah (Leader) | Composer: Dar es Salaam Jazz Band (Performer) | 1950/07/04 | Dance Band, Dance music, Dar-es-Salaam Jazz Band, East African, Nguja, Rumba, Shabani Abdullah, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Swahili Rumba with accompaniment. Further details refer ILAM field card no. D3T3
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