South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Buudu men (Performer) | Composer: Chief Banoko (Performer)Buudu men (Performer) | 1952/08/09 | Belgian Congo, Buudu, Buudu, Central African, Chief Banoko, Congo, Conical Drum, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African, Folk music, Hand bells, Pod Drum, rattles, slit Drum, ILAM | Party song. Further details refer to ILAM card F4K
- Artist(s): Buuda men (Performer) | Composer: Chief Baonoko (Performer) | 1952/08/09 | Basket rattle, Belgian Congo, bell, Buuda, Buuda, Central African, Chief Baonoko, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Hand-bell, Horn, Indigenous music, Kibali-Ituri, Party Dance, Rattle, ILAM | Party dance music with various drums, two metal hand-bells, ivory horn and basket rattles. Further details refer ILAM field card (F4K2)
- Composer: Abangba men and women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/07/31 | Abangba, Abangba, Central African, Congo, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Egba funeral dance, Folk music, Funeral Song, Indigenous music, Niangara, Northern Congo, Republic of the Congo, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4D 7
- Composer: Chewa men and a Chewa woman (Performer) | 1949/09/03 | Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, Dowa Boma, Entertainment song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Entertainment song with Chewe men and one woman with clapping. Translated English title - "At this very spot there used to be a hut." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5A9).
- Artist(s): Arab men (Performer) | Composer: Sheik Bunu Bin Shamadi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/10/12 | Arab, Arabic, East African, Folk music, Hamzia History song of Prophet Mohammed, Indigenous music, Kenya, Malindi, Sheik Bunu Bin Shahamadi, Swahili, Tari tambourine drum, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D7M-3
- Composer: Sheik Bunu Bin Shahamadi (Performer)Bunu Bin Shahamadi (Performer) | 1950/10/12 | Drum, East African, Folk music, Hamzia, Kenya, Malindi, Sheik Bunu Bin Shahamadi, Swahili, ILAM | Folk music - Hamzia - History song with drum and Arab men.Further details refer ILAM field card (D7M3)
- Composer: Ngbanda Mandefu (Performer)Kumbazingi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/09/02 | Buta, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indingenous music, Instrumental without words, Kumbazingi, Mandefu,Ngbanda, Northern Congo, Zande, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number F4W-5.
- Artist(s): Sukuma men and women (Performer) | Composer: Kabadiko Lugembe (Performer) | 1950/07/25 | Buchwezi, East African, Folk music, Gourd, Indigenous music, Kabadiko Lugembe, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Rattle, Spell, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Buchwezi protective spell, with gourd rattles. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4J1)
- Composer: Simon (Performer) | 1949/08/10 | Chokwe, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luvale, Northern Rhodesia, Nostalgic song, Simon, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied song for Chiyanda dance with Luvale men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card (C4C16).
- Artist(s): Simon (Leader) | Composer: Composer not specifiedChokwe men and women (Performer) | 1949/08/10 | Chiyanda, Chokwe, Chokwe, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luvale, Northern Rhodesia, Nostalgic song, Simon, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Chiyanda dance music. Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4C-16
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