South African Music Archive Project
Dance song
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- 1900-01-00 | Central African, Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Nyika, Uganda, ILAM | Nyika dance song. Further details refer ILAM record AC1334.
- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Mwanaluchiwa Makanyela (Performer) | 1950/07/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mwanaluchiwa Makanyela, Nyamwezi, Phuwa, Puba, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Puba / Phuwa dance song for men, unaccompanied. Translated English title - "If a Nyilamba comes." Further details refer ILAM field card (D4H11).
- Composer: Lang Obiero (Performer and Composer) | 1952/09/26 | Dance song, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Luo, Obiero,Lang, Rattle, Town dance, Yala, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number F4Z-9.
- Composer: Lang Obiero (Performer)Obiero (Composer) | 1952/09/26 | Dance song, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Kisumu, Luo, Obiero,Lang, Popular music, Rattle, Southern African, Town dance, Yala Gem, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4Z 9
- Artist(s): Kikuyu boys (Performer) | Composer: Kariuki Ndenderu (Performer) | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kariuki Ndenderu, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Nairobi, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Njama dance song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D6T3.
- Artist(s): Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specified | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiambu district, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Ndenderu, Kariuki, ILAM | A dance song, Njama for old men. "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows". The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable, instead of on the penultimate, might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8
- Artist(s): Kikuyu boys | Composer: Kariuki Ndenderu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kariuki Ndenderu, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Njama Dance song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3613.
- Artist(s): Sukuma men | Composer: Thungu Giti (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dance song, East African, Giti,Thungu, Nyamwezi, Phuwa dance song, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1505.
- Artist(s): Nyoro men | Composer: Samuri Bitadwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Dance song, Drum, East African, Ebinyenge rattles, Hoima, Nyoro, Nyoro, Orunyege dance song, Samuri Bitadwa, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1888.
- Artist(s): Nyoro men | Composer: Samuiri Bitadwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Dance song, Drum, East African, Ebinyenge rattles, Hoima, Nyoro, Nyoro, Orunyege dance song, Samuiri Bitadwa, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1921.
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