South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Johnnie Murethe Wambu (Performer)Kibunga Waita (Performer) | 1952/06/08 | Accordion, Dance song, East African, Embu, Folk music, Indigenous music, Johnnie Murethe Wambu, Kengere struck iron, Kenya, Kibunga Waita, Kikuyu, Mwamboko dance, Struck iron, ILAM | A Mamboko dance song with accordian and struck iron. The "struck iron" was an old starter ring from the flywheel of a car. It is necessary to have a circular or 'S' shaped piece of metal for convenient playing of the double beat. The performer called it 'Kengere' or 'Beru' bell.The sweepers in Nairobi, they say, always come from Embu. Kibunga Waita, the iron player, was no exception. Elsewhere in Africa certain tribes tend to adopt one occupation exclusively.After hearing a few Kikuyu songs to the accompaniment of the iron and accordian, the listener who is not case hardened to the noise, may experience a singing in the ears for several hours afterwards.Listening to this kind of Kikuyu music is more a feat of endurance than an aesthetic pleasure.Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3H 4
- Artist(s): Nyoro men (Performer) | Composer: Stephen Kaholya (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/08/25 | Bunyoro, Central African, Dance song, East African, Ebinyege gourd leg rattle, Engwara gourd horn, Engwara n'orunyege dance, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kaholya,Stephen, Nyoro, Nyoro, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D5Q-2
- Composer: Mayogo men (Performer)Chief Anga (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952/08/05 | Basket rattle, Belgian Congo, Central African, Chief Anga, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kekese, Mayogo, Mayogo Mabozo, Topical song, Yogo, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number F4H-9.
- Composer: Tonki Pule (Performer and Composer) | 1950-00-00 | concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, Sotho, Southern African, Tonki Pule, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3789.
- Composer: Ndumba, D. (Performer)Dickson Ndumba (Performer) | 1949/08/10 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luvale, Ndumba,Dickson, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied song for Kachcha dance with Luvale men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card (C4C13).
- Artist(s): Luvale men and women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedDickson Ndumba (Performer) | 1949/08/10 | Angola, Central African, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kachacha, Luvale, Luvale, Ndumba,Dickson, Portuguese West Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Kachacha dance music. Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4C-13
- Composer: Five Mlawu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mlawu, South Africa, Southern African, Xhosa, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3403.
- Composer: Kaphatikila Kanyinji (Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Bowed Lute, Chewa, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kaphatikila Kanyinji, Karigo, Lute, Malawi, Mzimba, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Self-delectative song, Southern African, ILAM | Self delectative song with one-stringed bowed lute. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2A1)
- Composer: P. Kambuwa (Performer)J. Kambuwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Concert song, Folk music, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kambuwa,Jini, Kambuwa,Patiriki, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Zomba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3490.
- Composer: D. Kanoma (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | D. Kanoma, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mapanza, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, St. Mark's College, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3389.
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