South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- 1960-00-00 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3776.
- Composer: Prowlers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1960-00-00 | Folk music, Guitar, Indigenous music, Prowlers, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3763.
- Artist(s): Nyanja men (Performer) | Composer: Makunganya (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Clapping, Folk music, Indigenous music, Makunganya, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Story Song, ILAM | Story song with clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O7)
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Lugobe (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Dance music, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lugobe, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Manyanga dance song for men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4C3)
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Lugobe (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Dance song, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lugobe, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Lugaya song for the chief. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4C1)
- Artist(s): Baiyani Medurek (Performer) | 1950/10/02 | Arusha, Arusha Baraza, Arusha District, East African, Folk music, Masai, Medurek,Baiyani, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | An Osingolio Longishu cattle song. "The Germans are nothing to us. They were defeated by the English. We are not sleeping and will fight for our country. We love our country and our cattle.", The Arusha tribe fought on several occasions against the Germans during their early occupation of Tanganyika. Different men take over the solo between the chorus refrains.
- Artist(s): Swahili men (Performer) | Composer: Shaib Hemed (Composer)Swahili men (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | East African, Folk music, Hemed,Shaibu, Indigenous music, Kenya, Ndongwe stick dance song, Swahili, Swahili, ILAM | Stick dance "Hoist your sail high" Further details refer to ILAM field card D7N
- Artist(s): Gogo men (Performer) | Composer: Yobwa chapi (Composer)Gogo men (Performer) | 1950/06/17 | East African, Flute, Folk music, Gogo, Gogo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Yobwa chapi, ILAM | Nindo praise song. Further details refer to ILAM field card D2X
- Composer: Safare Dewu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/07/27 | Balendu, Bonguma harp, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djugu, Eastern Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Northern Congo, Republic of the Congo, Safare Dewu, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4C 3
- Artist(s): Rwanda girls (Performer) | Composer: Mihambari (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/07/02 | Central African, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Gihini, Indigenous music, Mihambari, Ruanda-Urundi, Rwanda, Rwandan, Wedding song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3S 1
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