South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Maphela's Witch Doctors | Composer: Maphela (Performer and Composer) | 1950-00-00 | Clapping, Folk music, Indigenous music, Maphela, Maphela's Witch Doctors, South Africa, Southern African, Xhosa, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3791.
- Artist(s): John Khoza (Leader)Women's Choir (Performer) | Composer: John KhozaWomen's Choir | 1960-00-00 | Choir, Cyclical, Folk music, Indigenous music, John Khosa, Man calling and women respond, Repetition, Shangaan, Shangaan harp, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, women, ILAM | Traditional song performed by a man and women. They are accompanied by a string instrument identified as a Shangaan harp. The harp is possibly an Autoharp
- Composer: Intlangwini Dancers (Performer)J. Dlamini (Leader)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Dlamini,Josefa, Folk music, Indigenous music, Intlangwini Dancers, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Mushishiko 1st Dance
- Composer: Snowy Radebe and co. (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Guitar, Indigenous music, Snowy Radebe, Snowy Radebe and Company, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3279.
- Composer: Snowy Radebe and co. (Performer)Composer not specified | 1946-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Snowy Radebe, Snowy Radebe and Company, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TP4086.
- Composer: Spokes Mashiyane (Performer)Composer not specified | 1960-00-00 | Folk music, Jive, Mashiyane, Spokes, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3639.
- Artist(s): Nandi men (Performer) | Composer: Kiptui Arap Too (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/09 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kipkurguroik leg bells, Nandi, Nandi, Nandi, Too,Kiptui Arap, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6F-2
- 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.
- Artist(s): Tumbuka / Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Lungu, A. (Performer)Alfred Lungu (Performer) | 1949/08/13 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Gourd, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Lungu,Alfred, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, Singing Gourd, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Malipenga dance with Tumbuka / Henga men. Further details refer ILAM field card (C4F1)
- Artist(s): Kaonde men and women (Performer) | Composer: Noah Laisi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/16 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kaonde, Kaonde, Laisi,Noah, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, Shonongo, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Shonongo dance music. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4I-1
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