South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Composer: Domboshawa School boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/10/04 | Dombashawa School, Drum, Dumbell, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mutumba, Physical training song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Physical training song with Mutumba drum and dumbells. Translated English title - "The new thing." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C6F-5
- Composer: Domboshawa School boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/10/04 | Dombashawa School, Drum, Dumbell, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mutumba, Physical training song, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Physical training song with Mutumba drum and dumbells. Translated English title - "The new thing." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C6F-5
- Composer: Chopi Ngodo Dancers (Performer)T. Maposi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Chopi, Chopi Ngodo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Maposi,Teni, Mbira, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3468.
- Composer: The Merry Blackbirds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Merry Blackbirds, South Africa, Southern African, Xhosa, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3658.
- Composer: Thwalofu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1965-00-00 | concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Thwalofu, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS1339.
- Composer: Kalonji Marcel (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/29 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kabinda, Likembe, Luba, Marcel,Kalouji, Mbira, Republic of the Congo, Southern Congo, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1P 9
- Composer: Shangaan dancers (Performer) | 1955/03/06 | dance, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Transvaal, trumpet, Whistle, Zebekwaya, ILAM | Third movement of a Zebekwaya dance occasionally accompanied by a trumpet sounding whistle. Refer ILAM field card H1H4
- Artist(s): Z. A. Chihota | Composer: R.L.D. Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Chihota,Z.A., Chizezuru, Folk music, Indigenous music, R.L.D. Choir, Shona, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3166.
- Artist(s): Nine Njari players (Performer) | Composer: Gwawa Shumba (Performer)Shumba, G. (Performer) | 1949/10/15 | Drum, Folk music, Fort Victoria, Indigenous music, Karanga, Mbira, Njari, Njari, Shumba,Gwawa, Song for souls, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song for Mazungu-Mashawi souls with drum and 10 Njari (Mbira). Further details refer ILAM field card (C6Q2)
- Composer: Simfukire, D (Performer)David Simfukire (Performer) | 1949/08/20 | Bemba, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu, Lusaka, Mambwe, Northern Rhodesia, Simfukire,David, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Ngwai dance for boys and girls. Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4M4.
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