South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Composer: Composer not specifiedLongwani Nanjeko (Performer) | 1949/08/03 | Dance music, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kangombio, Longwani, Lozi, Mbira, Nanjeko, Northern Rhodesia, Sipelu, Southern African, Topical song, Zambia, ILAM | Sipelu dance music. Further information refer ILAM field card number: C3V-6
- Artist(s): Swahili women (Performer) | Composer: Mwana Bibi (Composer)Swahili women (Performer) | 1950/10/13 | Cylindrical Drum, East African, Folk music, horn rattles, Kenya, Mwana Bibi, oboe, Swahili, Swahili, Zumali, ILAM | Vugo dance song for women. Further details refer to ILAM field card D7N
- Artist(s): Nsenga men and women | Composer: Neliya Longwe | 1949/08/28 | Chief Nyamphandes Village, Folk music, Indigenous music, Longwe,Neliya, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Pounding song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Pounding song. Two girls pounding in a mortar. Further details refer to ILAM field card (C4U5a)
- Composer: Maviye Machatini (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Chopi, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lament, Maviye Machatini, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Zandamela, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3534.
- Composer: Lot Dube (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Folk music, Guitar, Lot Dube, Ndebele, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2956.
- Composer: Wali Twamuna(Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Lute, Ndingidi, Party song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wali Twamuna, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1539.
- Composer: Sulume Abdallah (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Clapping, Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Lute, Ndingidi, Party song, Sulume Abdallah, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1540.
- Artist(s): Ganda women (Performer) | Composer: Ali H. Wachibi (Performer) | 1950/06/24 | bow, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Lute, Ndingidi, Party song, Uganda, Wachibi,Ali H., ILAM | Party song with four old Ganda women, with clapping and one-string lute (Ndingidi) with sisal string and bow. Further details refer ILAM field card (D3E1)
- Composer: Nerisoni Chirapi Gumbo (Performer) | 1948/04/19 | Bikita, Duma, Folk music, Gumbo,Chirapi Nerisoni, Indigenous music, Karanga, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Story Song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk music - Story song. Further details refer ILAM field card (AF15)
- Artist(s): Lozi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedGoodwin Lewanika (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Dance song, Folk music, Goodwin Lewanika, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Lozi, Lozi, Manyanga, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Manyanga dance music. Further information refer ILAM field card number: C3X-12
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