South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Composer: Hodede Homwale (Performer) | 1950/05/19 | Chewa, Folk music, Homwale,Hodede, Indigenous music, Karigo, Lament, Lilongwe, Lute, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Personal lament with Karigo one-stringed lute. Translated English title - "My friend." Further details refer ILAM field card (DU1)
- Composer: Hodede Homwale (Performer) | 1950/05/19 | Chewa, Folk music, Homwale,Hodede, Indigenous music, Karigo, Lament, Lilongwe, Lute, Malawi, Masula, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Lament with one-stringed Karigo lute. Translated English title - "My friend." Further details refer ILAM field card (DU1)
- Artist(s): Soga men (Performer) | Composer: Mulobo Maswa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/23 | Clapping, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Kamodi, Mulobo Maswa, Ndere flute, Soga, Soga, Uganda, ILAM | Translated English title - "When your hair turns grey you are getting old." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3P 5
- Artist(s): Haya women (Performer) | Composer: Angelina Isaka (Performer) | 1950/08/04 | East African, Folk music, Haya, Haya, Indigenous music, Isaka,Angelina, Nyoro, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wedding song, ILAM | Wedding song in a calypso style. Refer ILAM field card D4V8
- Composer: The North Rhodesia Cowboy singers (Performer)Gumba, G. (Performer)Chiwala, F. (Performer) | 1951/06/08 | Bemba, Chiwala,F., Folk music, Guitar, Gumba,G., Indigenous music, North Rhodesia Cowboy Singers, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Yodelling, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Yodelling song with guitar. Translated English title "Cabo has fallen into the water." Further details refer ILAM field card (E2E7)
- Composer: Kalateni Chilabisha (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalateni Chilabisha, Kaonda, Kitwe, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music - Dance song for Chinanda Dance, with Kaonde men . The English translation of the title - "The drunken man". Further details see ILAM field card (C3RT4).
- Artist(s): Kaonde men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedKalateni Chilabisha (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Chinanda, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalateni Chilabisha, Kaonde, Kaonde, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Chinanda dance music. Translated English title - "The drunken man." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0683
- Artist(s): Kaonde men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedKalateni Chilabisha (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Chinanda, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalateni Chilabisha, Kaonde, Kaonde, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Chinanda dance music. Translated English title - "The drunken man." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0684
- Artist(s): Kaonde men (Performer) | Composer: Kalateni Chilabisha (Performer) | 1949/08/01 | Chinanda, Clapping, Dance song, Drum, Entertainment song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalateni Chilabisha, Kaonde, Kaonde, Luba, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Chinanda dance music. Translated English title - "The drunken man." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0687
- Composer: Luunda boys (Performer)A. Chipepa (Leader)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Chipepa,Ali, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Luunda, Luunda, Mufulira, Mufulira Mine, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3484.
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