South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Composer: Francois Mirimba (Performer)Joseph Niyondorera (Performer)Alexandre Gakombe (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/07/08 | Alexandre Gakombe, Central African, East African, Folk music, Francois Mirimba, Indigenous music, Joseph Niyondorera, Republic of the Congo, Ruanda, Rwanda, Topical song, Unaccompanied, Urundi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3U 8
- Composer: Buthelezi Tribesman (Performer)Chief Gatsha Buthelezi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1963-00-00 | Buthelezi Tribesman, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0762.
- Composer: Buthelezi Tribesman (Performer)Chief Gatsha Buthelezi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1963-00-00 | Buthelezi, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0762.
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandaro (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Indigenous, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Mashairi Song Poem. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1691
- Composer: Saadani Abdu Kandaro (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Indigenous, Mashairi, Nguja, Poetry, Saadani Abdu Kandaro, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Mashairi Song Poem. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP1691
- Artist(s): Yelele Lunga (Leader)Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele LungaNsenga women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lunga,Yele, Lungu, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Personal lament, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Mourning song accompanied by the Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "The whole night long I have been thinking". Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V4
- Artist(s): Kamba boys and girls (Performer) | Composer: Ndulu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/25 | Circumcision Song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Ndulu, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6V-10
- Artist(s): Arusha men (Performer) | Composer: Nyangus Siokino (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/30 | Arusha, Arusha, Cattle raiding song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Masai, Nyangus Siokino, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D7A-1
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Uwilula (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Divination song, East African, Folk music, Gourd Rattle, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Uswezi, Uwilula, ILAM | Uswezi divination song with gourd rattles. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1565
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Uwilula (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Divination song, East African, Folk music, Gourd Rattle, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Uswezi, Uwilula, ILAM | Uswezi divination song with gourd rattles. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1565
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