South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Duma men (Performer) | Composer: Shoko, J. (Performer)Jeke Shoko (Performer) | 1949/10/14 | Bikita, Duma, Duma, Folk music, Huzi Bikita, Indigenous music, Karanga, Shoko,Jeke, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Story Song, Unaccompanied, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Story song, unaccompanied with Duma men. Further details refer ILAM field card (C6P14)
- Artist(s): Chewa young men (Performer) | Composer: Chewa young men (Performer) | 1950/05/22 | Bass Drum, Central African, Chewa, Chewa, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, ILAM | Folk music. "We are greeting you all". Further details refer to ILAM field card DX9
- Composer: Salisbury Male Voice Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Salisbury Male Voice Choir, Shona, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3061.
- Artist(s): Tonga men (Performer) | Composer: Chirwa, M. (Performer)Mutika Chirwa (Performer) | 1949/08/11 | Chirwa,Mutika, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luanshya, Muwuso song, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tonga, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Muwuso song for Malipenga dance with Tonga men. Further details refer ILAM field card (C4D14)
- Artist(s): Chewa girls (Performer) | Composer: Chewa girls (Performer) | 1950/05/22 | Central African, Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, ILAM | Singing game song. Further details refer to ILAM field card DX12
- Composer: Meriki Fumbe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951/06/06 | Bangwe, Bulawayo, Folk music, Homorous, Indigenous music, Meriki Fumbe, on board zither with ten strings, Petrol thin resonato, Sena, South Rhodesia, Southern African, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. E2C-9.
- Composer: Ndibu soldiers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/02 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Clapping, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Ndibu, Ndibu, Rattle, Republic of the Congo, Thysville, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4F 6
- Artist(s): Haliselina Miti (Leader) | Composer: Ngoni men (Performer) | 1949/08/04 | Clapping, Folk music, Haliselina Miti, Indigenous music, Mourning song, Ngoni, Ngoni, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mourning song with Ngoni men and clapping. Translated English title - "Let us mourn Sayile". Further details refer ILAM field card (C3W7).
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Idi Selemane (Performer) | 1950/06/25 | East African, Folk music, Idi Selemane, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wedding song, ILAM | Translated English title - "we are talking yes." Further details refer ILAM field card no. D3F5
- Composer: Sotho men (Performer)Tlali (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, Tlali, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3466.
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