South African Music Archive Project
Drum
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- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men | Composer: Hashima Bin Kilamata (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Dance song, Drum, East African, Hashima Bin Kilamata, Hiyari dance song, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR1460.
- Composer: Mfanekiso waMabukana (Composer)Ngodo waNyakutowo (Performer)Nyampose waNyalisenga (Performer, Leader) | 1949/06/09 | Chopi, Drum, Mfanekiso waMabukana, Mozambique, Ngodo waNyakutowo, Nyampose waNyalisenga, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Timbila, Xylophone, Zavala, ILAM | Mtsumeto movement of Orchestral DanceFurther details refer ILAM field card (CS5)
- Composer: Dowai Zirari Shawa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/09/23 | Budya, Dance music, Dowai Zirari Shawa, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Korekore, Kwaya, rhythm, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Drum rythm for Kwaya dance. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C5U-1
- Composer: Dowai Zirari Shawa (Performer) | 1949/09/23 | Budya, Dance song, Dowai Zirari Shawa, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Korekore, Mtoko, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Drumming for Kwaya dance. Futher details refer ILAM field card no. C5U1.
- Artist(s): Ndau dancers. Leader: Pedro Simau Balani | 1955/11/06 | Clapper, Dance music, Danda, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Mpanda, Mpege district, Ndau, Ndau, Pedro Simau Balani, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. Recorded at C.M.R. Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa, where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums.The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Details from ILAM field card (H1F-4A - B)
- Artist(s): Ndau dancers. Leader: Pedro Simau Balani | 1955/11/06 | Clappe, Dance music, Danda, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Mpanda, Mpege district, Muchongolo, Ndau, Ndau, Pedro Simau Balani, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tumbling, ILAM | Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. Recorded at C.M.R. Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa, where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums.The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Details from ILAM field card (H1F-4A - B)
- Artist(s): Pedro Simon Balani (Leader) | Composer: Ndam Dancers (Performer) | 1955/11/06 | Clapper, Dance song, Danja, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Ndan, Ndau, Pedro Simon Balani, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Dance song. Further details refer to ILAM card no. H1F3
- Composer: Composer not specifiedPeoro Siman Blanani (Performer) | 1955/06/11 | Dance song, Drum, East African, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Ndau, Peoro Siman Blanani, Portuguese East Africa, Tenor Drum, ILAM | 3 Drums, Tenor Drum. Further details refer to ILAM record number TP4271-7
- Artist(s): Samuiri Kyebatenda (Leader) | Composer: Nasuti Social Club (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/02 | banjo, Drum, East African, Ganda, Guitar, Kigulu, Mandoline, Nasuti Social Club, Samuiri Kyebatenda, Soga, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song about Mudondo who is very fat. The song is accompanied by 2 guitars, 1 mandolin, a banjo, and 1 conical drum. Refer ILAM field card D5Y11
- Composer: Nasuti Social Club (Performer and Composer)S. Kyebatenda (Leader) | 1950/09/02 | banjo, Drum, East African, Ganda, Guitar, Iganga, Kyebatenda,S., Mandoline, Nasuti Social Club, Soga, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. D5Y-11.
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