South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): S Mondo (Performer) | Composer: S Mondo | 1950/09/02 | Aeroplane, Central African, East African, English, Folk music, God, Heaven, Indigenous music, Mondo,S., Ntongoli eight string lyre, Soga, Song, topical, Traditional music, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by the Ntongoli eight string lyre. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5Y18
- Artist(s): Bemba men and women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedAbulani Shikabenga (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Bemba, Bemba, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mupukumo, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Shikabenga,Abulamu, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mupukumo dance music. Further details refer ILAM record number TP0284-XYZ4433
- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Mbilo Bundi (Performer) | 1950/07/30 | Bucheyeke, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbilo Bundi, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Bucheyeke dance song for men and women, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4P6).
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Mbilo Bundi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Bucheyeke dance, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbilo Bundi, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Translated English title - "You are being burnt by the sun, you unfaithful woman." Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1769
- Composer: Sukuma men (Performer) | 1950/07/29 | Bawdy song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Pornographic song, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Bawdy song to deter wantons. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4O6).
- Composer: Katilungu, L. (Performer)Lawrence Katilungu (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Bemba, Folk music, Indigenous music, Katilungu,Lawrence, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Walking Song, Zambia, ILAM | Walking song with Bemba men and women. Translated English title - "The sun is setting". Further details refer ILAM field card (C3X3).
- Composer: Bemba Singers (Performer)L. Katilungu (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Bemba, Bemba, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Ntabomba,Joseph, Southern African, Walking Song, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3518.
- Artist(s): Hehe people (Performer) | Composer: Sulume Abdallah (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Hehe, Hehe, Heroic song, Indigenous music, Sulume Abdallah, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1529.
- Artist(s): Hehe people (Performer) | Composer: Sulume Abdallah (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Hehe, Hehe, Heroic song, Indigenous music, Sulume Abdallah, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1530.
- Artist(s): Hehe people (Performer) | Composer: Sulume Abdallah (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Hehe, Hehe, Heroic song, Indigenous music, Sulume Abdallah, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1531.
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