Folk music

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  1. Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedMakintoshi Harawa (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Drinking song, Drum, Folk music, Hara,Makintoshi, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "You lied to me, my wife." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0677
  2. Composer: Mwana Bibi (Performer) | 1950/10/13 | Dance music, Drum, East African, Folk music, Horn, Indigenous music, Kenya, Malindi, Mwana Bibi, oboe, Rattle, Stick, Swahili, ILAM | Folk music - Vugo dance song with Swahili women.Further details refer ILAM field card (D7N11)
  3. Composer: Kateneka, J (Performer)Jemusi Kateneka (Performer) | 1949/08/17 | Broken Hill Town Location, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kateneka,Jemusi, Lala, Mourning song, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied mourning song with Swaka men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4J7.
  4. 1953/10/10 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Petauke, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM library number: A6.
  5. Artist(s): Beya Marcel (Performer-Likembe)Kapungo Isidore (Performer-Likembe) | Composer: Kayoka Ladislaus (Performer) | 1952/01/28 | Beya Marcel, Central African, Clapper, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kapungo Isidore, Kasai, Kayoka Ladislaus, Likembe, Luba, Mbira, Topical song, ILAM | Topical song with two Likemne mbira and wooden clapper. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1O4)
  6. Composer: Kayoka Ladislous (Performer)Kapungo Isidore (Performer)Beya Marcel (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/28 | Beya Marcel, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kapungo Isidore, Kasai, Kayoka Ladislous, Likembe mbira, Luba, Republic of the Congo, Southern Congo, Topical song, Wooden clappers, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number F1O-4
  7. Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Kituli Bini Kinongu (Performer) | 1950/07/22 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kituli Bini Kinongu, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Ritual song, Southern African, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Ucheyeki, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Ucheyeki ritual dance song associated with the cutting of cicatrices, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4G1)
  8. Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Kituli Bini Kinongu (Performer) | 1950/07/22 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kituli Bini Kinongu, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Ritual song, Southern African, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Ucheyeki, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Ucheyeki ritual dance song associated with the cutting of cicatrices, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4G1)
  9. Composer: Ulaya Nyoni (Performer) | 1949/09/08 | Bangwe, Chewa, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Ulaya Nyoni, Zomba, ILAM | Wistful song
  10. Composer: Mbewa Kieti (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/25 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Mbewa Kieti, Recitative Legend, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6V-11

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