South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Muzinyonge Mwanza (Leader) | Composer: Composer not specifiedKunda men and women (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kacokoca, Kunda, Kunda, Mwanza,Muzinyonge, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Kacokoca dance music. Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0671-XYZT4041
- Composer: Kunda Dancers (Performer)M. Mwanza (Leader)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kacokoca Dance song, Kunda, Kunda, Mufulira, Mufulira Mine, Mwanza,Muzinyonge, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3530.
- Composer: Jasoni Limbani (Performer)Dickison Malembesa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/12 | Blantyre, Dance tune, Dikinsoni Malembesa, East African, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Jasoni Limbane, Machipo dance, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card number: DN 9
- Composer: Jasoni Limbani (Performer)Dikisoni Malembesa (Performer) | 1950/05/12 | Blantyre, Dance music, Dikinsoni Malembesa, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Jasoni Limbane, Machipo, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Machipo dance song for after hunting. Further details refer ILAM field card (DN9)
- Composer: Chrisesitomu Gingo (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/20 | Chrisesitomu Gingo, East African, Flute tune, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Kampala, Kasangati, Ndere flute, Uganda, ILAM | Translated English title - "To declare war." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3N 21
- Artist(s): Ganda women (Performer) | Composer: Chrisesitomu Gingo (Flute)Maliame Mamale (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/20 | Chrisesitomu Gingo, Clapping, Drum, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Ganda, Historic song, Indigenous music, Kampala, Kasangati, Maliame Mamale, Ndere flute, Ndingidi Lute, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3N 23
- Composer: Baiyani MedurekiArusha men | 1950/10/02 | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, East African, Folk music, Masai, Medurek,Baiyani, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Embrukoi dance song for men and women. "I eloped with your wife and she is still with me. So what can you do about it?" sings the man. He then goes on to sing about his cattle and the hills of Arusha. The second man took over the solo part half way through the item. The simple respon]ses by the men is said to be typical of Embrukoi singing., The full song is not available here.
- Artist(s): Waddy Kajawa Chirwa (Leader) | Composer: Composer not specifiedTumbuka men (Performer) | 1949/08/11 | Chirwa,Waddy Kajawa, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Malipenga, Muwuso, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Muwuso song for Malipenga dance. Translated English title - "The chief has turned down the Landani band." Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4D-4
- Artist(s): Chokwe men (Performer) | Composer: Andre Boniface Wahamba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/19 | Angola, Central African, Chianda dance, Chokwe, Chokwe, Dance song, Folk music, Gourd, Indigenous music, Leg rattle, Portuguese West Africa, Sangu rattle, Southern African, Stick, Wahamba,Andre Boniface, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1K 3
- Composer: Large group of Lunda women (Performer)Kalemba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1957/07/28 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Diviner's song, Folk music, Handclapping, Jadotville, Kalemba, Lunda, Lunda, ILAM | Further details refer record number: TP3958
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