South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Gishu men (Performer) | Composer: Wamimbi Magombe (Performer) | 1950/09/02 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Gishu, Gishu, Horn, Imbalu, Indigenous music, Mbale, Uganda, Wamimbi Magombe, Whistle, ILAM | Imbalu dance song in which boys are warned of the pain associated with circumcision. The song is accompanied by Mungiri leg bells, a whistle and 1 side blown horn. Refer ILAM field card D6B5a
- Composer: Habib bin Seliman (Performer) | 1950/08/05 | Bukoba, East African, Folk music, Habib Bin Seliman, Haya, Indigenous music, Nanga trough zithe, Nyoro, Recitative Legend, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1845.
- Composer: Habib Bin Seliman (Performer) | 1950/08/05 | Bukoba, East African, Folk music, Habib Bin Seliman, Haya, Indigenous music, Nanga, Nyoro, Recitative Legend, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zither, ILAM | Recitative legend with Nanga trough zither. Translated English title - "The angry man." Further details refer ILAM field card (D4W2).
- Composer: Simoni Zambezi Chirumba (Performer) | 1949/09/21 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Msidzimu - Song for the Spirits, Nsansi, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Simoni Zambezi Chirumba, Tete, Tonga, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. C5S9b.
- Composer: Ssaza Chief Kago (Performer)Danieri Seruwaniko (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/20 | Danieri Seruwaniko, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Kampala, Kasangati, Madinda xylophone, Ssaza Chief Kago, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3N 12
- Artist(s): Awasi Choir (Performer) | Composer: Michael Gamayio (Performer) | 1950/09/07 | Awasi Choir, Dho Luo, East African, Folk music, Gamayio,Michael, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kisumu, School song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | School song. Further details refer ILAM field card (D6D2)
- Artist(s): Kankolongo Alidor (Performer) | Composer: Kayoka Ladislas (Performer) | 1952/02/10 | Central African, Chisanzhi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Kankolongo,Alidor, Kayoka Ladislas, Luba, Mbira, ILAM | Instrumental piece. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1Y9)
- Composer: Kayoka Ladislas (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/02/10 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Chisanzhi mbira, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Instrumental only, Kandakanda, Kayoka Ladislas, Luba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1Y 9
- Artist(s): Ganda women (Performer) | Composer: Ludovico Mugerwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/20 | Clapping, Drum, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Mugerwa,Ludovico, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3N 4
- Artist(s): S Mondo (Performer)Nasuti Social Club (Performer) | Composer: S MondoNasuti Social Clu | 1950/09/02 | Aeroplane, British, Central African, Folk music, God, Indigenous music, Mondo,S., Nasuti Social Club, Ntongoli eight string lyre, Soga, Song, topical, Traditional music, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song about the English failing to fly high enough with the aeroplane for a sighting of God. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5Y18
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