South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Composer: The Blue Hams Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | Blue Hams Choir, Folk music, Indigenous music, Johannesburg, Mbube type, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal Ballad, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP3491-2013.
- Composer: Samuiri Rwomushana (Performer) | 1950/08/18 | Ankole, Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nkole, Nyoro, Praise chant, Samuiri Rwomushana, Uganda, ILAM | Folk music - unaccompnied praise chant.Further details refer ILAM field card (D5J4)
- Artist(s): Fiend of Samuiri Rwomushana (Performer) | Composer: Samuiri Rwomushana (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/08/18 | Ankole, Central African, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nkole, Nyoro, Praise chant, Samuiri Rwomushana, Uganda, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D5J-4
- Composer: Eria Rubanda (Performer) | 1950/08/17 | Ankole, Central African, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nkole, Nyoro, Rubanda,Eria, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Folk music - Topical song with drums and accompanied by Nkole men.Further details refer ILAM field card (D5I11)
- Artist(s): Nkole men (Performer) | Composer: Eria Rubanda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/08/17 | Ankole, Central African, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nkole, Nkole, Nyoro, Rubanda,Eria, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Translated English title - "The machine (rickshaw) is eating up the road." Further details refer ILAM field card number: D5I-11
- Composer: Zomba Youth Club (Performer)L. Maonga (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | banjo, Bass Drum, Concert song, Folk music, Guitar, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Zomba, Zomba Youth Club, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3494.
- Composer: Joshua Omwami (Performer)John Manyasi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/09 | Bukanga district, Bunyore, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, John Manyasi, Joshua Omwami, Kenya, Legbell, Litungu box lyre, Luya, Praise song, Ragoli, Rattle, ILAM | Praise song with Litungu lyre, 7 string leg bells and gourd rattle. The lyre was played horizontally with the right hand plucking the group of four strings near the bridge. The left hand extended to pluck the group of three strings near the crossbar. The scale was - 416,352, 304, 268, 248, 232, 208 vs. The lyre is used more as a rhythmic base rather than a melodic instrument, though the player can and indeed frequently does play the melody. Details from ILAM field card number: F3K 1
- Artist(s): Noty Ndwambe (Performer) | Composer: Noty Ndwambe | 1965-00-00 | Cyclical, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Ndwambe,Noty, Repetition, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, Venda, ILAM | Song accompanied by mbira although the label identifies the instrument as a Venda Auto Harp
- Composer: Josiah Nkomo (Performer and Composer) | 1952/02/19 | Bulawayo, Folk music, Guitar, Josiah Nkomo, Ndebele, Nkomo,J., Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, topical, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1Z 6
- Composer: Orchestre Opera (Performer) | 1952/02/06 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Cornet, Cymbal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Elisabethville, Folk music, Indeginous music, Ngala, Orchestra Opera, Rattle, Trombone, trumpet, ILAM | Rumba music. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard F1V-11.
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