South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Kunda men, women and girls (Performer) | Composer: Dabi Njovu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/16 | Dabi Njovu, Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kunda, Kunda, Mulaundo, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Wedding song, Zambia, ILAM | Mulaundo dance music. Translated English title - "When I was at Chipoza I used to eat beans." Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4I-3
- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Luchenje Nyanda (Performer) | 1950/07/29 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luchenje Nyanda, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, Wigasha, ILAM | Wigasha dance song for men, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4O1).
- Composer: Swahili men and women (Performer) | 1949/04/18 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Manganje, Ndola, Ngwana, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Swahili, Swahili, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied Manganje dance song. Further details refer ILAM field card number C4G16
- Artist(s): Arusha women | Composer: Nagalal Sengeo (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Arusha, Arusha, Arusha District, East African, Folk music, Masai, Nagalal Sengeo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | An Osingolis Longoroyo love song. "High God, Ngai. Give all the women children." A sentiment frequently expressed by all African folk., The full song is not available here.
- 1952/07/25 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African, Folk music, Likembe mbira, Nande, ILAM | Self-delectative song. Instrumental. Further details refer to ILAM field card F4B
- Composer: Josiah Nkomo (Performer and Composer)Josiah Nkomo (Performer)Josiah Nkomo (Composer) | 1952/02/21 | Bulawayo, Folk music, Guitar, Josiah Nkomo, Ndebele, Nkomo,J., Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, topical, Topical song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F2B 10Translated English title - "I have lost my knife." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F2B 10
- Artist(s): Luvale men and women (Performer) | Composer: Dickson Ndumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/10 | Angola, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kachacha, Luvale, Luvale, Ndumba,Dickson, Portuguese West Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Kachacha dance music. Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4C-11
- Composer: Kaikara (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Central African, Dance song, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kaikara, Konjo, Toro, Uganda, ILAM | Kintube dance song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D5Q12.
- Composer: Uliwa Choir of Nyasaland (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Chihenga, Folk music, Malawi, Nyasaland, Nyasaland, Southern African, Uliwa Choir, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3425.
- Composer: Buthelezi Tribesman (Performer)Chief Gatsha Buthelezi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Buthelezi, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS1150.
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