South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Ndau dancers. Leader: Pedro Simau Balani | 1955/11/06 | Clapper, Dance music, Danda, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Mpanda, Mpege district, Ndau, Ndau, Pedro Simau Balani, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. Recorded at C.M.R. Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa, where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums.The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Details from ILAM field card (H1F-4A - B)
- Artist(s): Ndau dancers. Leader: Pedro Simau Balani | 1955/11/06 | Clappe, Dance music, Danda, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Mpanda, Mpege district, Muchongolo, Ndau, Ndau, Pedro Simau Balani, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tumbling, ILAM | Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. Recorded at C.M.R. Mine, Transvaal, South Africa. The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa, where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums.The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Details from ILAM field card (H1F-4A - B)
- Artist(s): Pedro Simon Balani (Leader) | Composer: Ndam Dancers (Performer) | 1955/11/06 | Clapper, Dance song, Danja, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Ndan, Ndau, Pedro Simon Balani, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Dance song. Further details refer to ILAM card no. H1F3
- Artist(s): Tabitha Wairimu with Kikyuyu girls | 1950/09/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Forest Hall district, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Wairimu,Tabitha, ILAM | A very simple dance song, sung in unison.Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6T 8
- Artist(s): Sukuma women (Performer) | Composer: Arusi Binti Kasimu (Performer) | 1950/07/30 | Arusi Binti Kasimu, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kadondi, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Kadondi dance song for women, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4P5).
- Artist(s): Sukuma women (Performer) | Composer: Arusi Binti Kasimu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Arusi Binti Kasimu, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kadandi dance, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Translated English title - "How do you do, Mudala Mukamba." Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1768
- Artist(s): Noty Ndwambe (Performer) | Composer: Noty Ndwambe | 1965-00-00 | Cyclical, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndwambe,Noty, Repetition, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Venda, ILAM | Song accompanied by mbira although the label identifies the instrument as a Venda Auto Harp
- Artist(s): Nine Njari mbira players (Performer) | Composer: Gwawa Shumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/10/15 | Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Karanga, Mazungu-Mashawi, Mbira, Njari, Njari, Shumba,Gwawa, Song, soul, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Song for the Mazungu-Mashawi soul with 10 Njari mbiras and a drum. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C6Q-2
- Composer: Rutahindurwa Lukuka (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Haya, Indigenous music, Nanga trough zithe, Nyoro, Praise song, Rutahindurwa Lukuka, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1825.
- Composer: Rutahindurwa Lukuta (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/08/05 | Bukoba, East African, Folk music, Haya, Indigenous music, Nanga trough zither, Nyoro, Praise song, Rutahindurwa Lukuka, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Trough zither, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D4W 13
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