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  1. Composer: Abadongo ba Kabaka flute, lyre and lute ensemble of the Lubiri Palace (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/26 | Abadongo ba Kabaka, East African, Endongo lyre, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Ndere flute, Ndingidi Lute, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3Q 9
  2. Composer: K. Sishumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lozi, Moral Exhortation Song, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Sishumba,Kabunda, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3532.
  3. Composer: Composer not specifiedKabunda Sishumba (Performer) | 1949/08/04 | Exhortation song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lozi, Morality song, Northern Rhodesia, Sishumba,Kabunda, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number: C3W-2
  4. Artist(s): Z. A. Chihota | Composer: R.L.D. Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Chihota,Z.A., Chizezuru, Folk music, R.L.D. Choir, Shona, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3166.
  5. Composer: Hugh Tracey (Narrator)Bukuku men (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Bukuku, Bukuku, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nyoro, Party song, Tracey, Hugh, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM reel number: BC60.
  6. Artist(s): Toro men (Performer) | Composer: S. Ruhume Akiki (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/08/23 | Central African, Dance song, East African, Embutu drum, Emugudu drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mategura dance, Nyoro, Ruhume Akiki,S., Toro, Toro, Toro, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D5O-9
  7. Composer: Group of 6 Luba men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1957/07/31 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Ceremonial piece for a chief, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Kasai, Luba, Luba, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer record number: TP3952
  8. Composer: Group of 16 Bema Budia men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1957/07/24 | Belgian Congo, Bema Budia, Central African, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Katanga, Luba, Mutshalenga dance, Party dance song, Songe, ILAM | Further details refer record number: TP3949
  9. Artist(s): Chewa young men (Performer) | Composer: Witimani Phiri (Composer)Chewa young men (Performer) | 1950/05/20 | Bass Drum, Central African, Chewa, Chewa, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Phiri,Witimani, singing, ILAM | Folk music sung about the mine workers in Johannesburg. Further details refer to ILAM field card DV6
  10. Artist(s): Kamba men and girls (Performer) | Composer: Ndisa Keilo (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/25 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kamba, Kenya, Kipepe dance, Machakos, Ndisa Keilo, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6V-12

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