South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Luchenje Nyanda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/07/29 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luchenje Nyanda, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, Wigasha dance, ILAM | Translated English title - "Young man where is your home?" Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1759
- Composer: Pancras Mkwana (Performer) | 1950/06/13 | East African, Folk music, Hehe, Indigenous music, Iringa, Ligombo zithe, Pancras Mkwana, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Heroic song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D2T1
- Composer: Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Solomon Linda, Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3139.
- Artist(s): Karani Mwaitebele (Leader)Nyakyusa men (Performer) | Composer: Karani Mwaitebele (Performer) | 1950/06/09 | Drinking song, East African, Folk music, Folk song, Indigenous music, Karani Mwaitebele, Nyakusa, Nyakyusa, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Tukuyu, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. D2R14.
- Composer: Ngoni men and women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/31 | East African, Fighting song, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mugubo song, Mzimba, Ngoni, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D2G-13
- Composer: Ngoni men and women (Performer) | 1950/05/31 | Dance music, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mzimba, Ngoni, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Mgubo dance song after hunting leopard or lion. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2G13)
- Composer: Pameras Mkwawa (Performer)Anselm P. Mkwawa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/06/14 | Anselm P. Mkwama, East African, Folk music, Hehe, Indigenous music, Iringa, Ligombo Trough Zither 6 strings, Pancras Mkwana, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. D2U-6.
- Composer: Paneras Makwawa (Performer)Anselm P. Makwawa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Anselm P. Makwawa, East African, Folk music, Hehe, Indigenous music, Paneras Makwawa, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1538.
- Artist(s): Yao girls (Performer) | Composer: Irene Mukunga (Performer) | 1950/05/11 | Blantyre, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Irene Mukunga, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Yao, Yao, ILAM | Likwata dance song for women and girls. Further details refer ILAM field card no. DM13.
- Composer: Ndulu (Performer) | 1950/09/25 | Dance music, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Ndulu, ILAM | Folk music - Dance song with Kamba boys and girls.Further details refer ILAM field card (D6V9)
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