South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Mbilo Bundi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Bucheyeke dance, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbilo Bundi, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Translated English title - "I have just met some woman who talked to me about an important matter." Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1770
- Composer: Yao and Ngoni girls (Performer) | 1949/09/15 | Blantyre, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Ngoni, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Southern African, Yao, Yao, ILAM | Pounding song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5M2b)
- Artist(s): Philippa's friends | Composer: Engbaka Philippa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/29 | Aketi, Belgian Congo, Binga, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ekembe, Engbaka Philippa, Folk music, Indigenous music, Praise song, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number F4S-1.
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Magombo, W.N. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Magombo,W.N., Makua, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Story Song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Unaccompanied story song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O14)
- Artist(s): Misiyasi Chulu (Performer) | Composer: Ositeni Phula (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/09/05 | Bangwe, Board zither, Chewa, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mesiyasi Chulu, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Ositeni Phula, Southern African, Story Song, Zither, ILAM | Story song with Bangwe board zither. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C5C-6
- Composer: Tumbuka Singers (Performer)L. Chimupeni (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Chimupeni,L., Clapping, Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamanga, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3475.
- Composer: Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Solomon Linda, Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3315.
- Artist(s): Cold Storage Commission of S.Rhodesia African Dance Band | Composer: August Msarurgwa (Performer) | 1951/06/08 | Bulawayo, Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia African Dance Band, Dance Band, Folk music, Indigenous music, Msarurgwa,August, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | European type quick step music. Further details refer ILAM field card (E2E6)
- Artist(s): Morning Light Choir | Composer: Herzon Ngobese (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Dance song, Folk music, Guitar, Herzon Ngobese, KwaZulu-Natal, Morning Light Choir, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3436.
- Composer: Thwalofu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1965-00-00 | concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Thwalofu, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS1339.
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