South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Nourse Mines Basutos (Performer) | Composer: Nourse Mines Basutos | 1900-01-00 | Choir, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nourse Mines Basutos, Ramakhobotlo, recitative, Song, Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Tin whistle, Traditional music, ILAM | Traditional song performed by a group of men
- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Self-delectative song, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R13)
- Composer: Fabiao Dingani Mashawa (Performer) | 1955/10/11 | Bilene, East African, Fabiao Dingani Mashawa, Folk music, Hlanganu, Indigenous music, Macia, Mbira, Mbira dza WaNdau, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tonga, ILAM | Self-delectative song with Mbira dza Ndau. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1R13)
- Artist(s): Gogo men and women (Performer) | Composer: Nyakwela (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | bell, Dodoma, Drum, East African, Folk music, Gogo, Gogo, Indigenous music, Malimba trough zither, Ndwala bell, Nyakwela, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1547
- Composer: Nyakwela (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Drum, East African, Folk music, Gogo, Indigenous music, Malimba trough zither, Ndwala bell, Nyakwela, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. D2X 5
- Artist(s): Hehe women (Performer) | Composer: Nyakwela (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/06/14 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Gogo, Hehe, Indigenous music, Nyakwela, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Girls initiation song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D2X5.
- Artist(s): Feliciano Gomes (Leader) | Composer: Gremio Civil Chaimite (Performer) | 1950/11/01 | Folk music, Gomez,Feliciano Muntano, Gremio Civil Chaimite, Guitar, Indigenous music, Lourenco Marques, Makwakwa, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tswa, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D8G7
- Artist(s): Medje men (Performer) | Composer: Tipoyi Canius (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952/08/07 | Basket rattle, Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Medje, Medje, Medje, Tipoyi Canius, Work Song, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number F4I-6.
- Artist(s): Gumede's Concertina Band | Composer: Willie Gumede (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | concertina, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Sotho, Southern African, Willie Gumede, Willie Gumede Concertina Band, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3278.
- Composer: Chimunde Mukango Moyo (Performer)Marugwisa Nenga (Performer) | 1948/04/20 | Bikita, Duma, Folk music, Indigenous music, Karanga, Mbira, Moyo,Chimude Mukangano, Nenga,Marugwisa, Njari, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music - 2 voices with Njari Mbira. Further details refer ILAM field card (AG7)
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