South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Juma Nyela (Performer) | 1950/07/22 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Juma bin Nyela, Nyamwezi, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Translation: Uhimila was our best dancer. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4G2)
- Composer: Goma, G (Performer)Gibson Goma (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Goma,Gibson, Henga, Indigenous music, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Vimbuza dance for men and women. Translated English title - "The Koodoo is savage with its horns". Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4Q19.
- Artist(s): Zulu dancers (Performer) | Composer: Kwake (Performer) | 1955/01/09 | Clapping, Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kwake, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Stamping, Zulu, Zulu, ILAM | Ndlamu dance song. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1B7)
- Composer: Thwalofu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Thwalofu, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS1245.
- Composer: Mudenda, S (Performer)Solomoni Mudenda (Performer) | 1949/08/20 | Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lusaka, Mudenda,Solomoni, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Drinking song with Tonga men. Accompanied by sticks struck on an axe handle. Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4M10.
- Composer: African Concertina Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | African Concertina Band, concertina, Folk music, Guitar, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3332.
- Composer: John Mavimbela and Co (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, John Mavimbela, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2954.
- Composer: King George V Patients (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, King George V Patients, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0424.
- Composer: Lot Dube and Co (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Lot Dube, Ndebele, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2959.
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Mugabe Kagito (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mugabe Kagito, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | A song for a chief, accompanied by clapping. Translated title is "We are glad to have danced for your chief." Refer ILAM field card D4C15
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