South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
The browser contains 10 records per page. Use the pager at the bottom of the page to navigate to additional pages
For more information about each record click the Title link in the page below
Alternatively all "orange" words below are links to records which have been so tagged
- Artist(s): Swahili men | Composer: Simai Bini Ali (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/07/04 | bass, Drum, East African, Folk music, Kigoma cha daku, Mpira wa Farasi, Nguja, Rattle, Simai Bini Ali, Swahili, Swahili, Zanzibar, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D3O-7.
- Artist(s): Kanyungu, O. (Leader)Chief Kalindawalo (Leader) | Composer: Nsenga men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Chief Kalindawalo, Drum, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Kanyungu,Obisitala, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (Commercial Recordings) number: CR0047
- Composer: Marivate's Male Quartette (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Marivate's Quartette, Shangaan, Southern African, Tshonga, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3020.
- Composer: Marivate's Male Quartette (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Marivate's Quartette, Shangaan, Southern African, Tshonga, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3020.
- Artist(s): Henga men (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedRubeni Mhango (Performer) | 1949/07/30 | Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mhango,Rubeni, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern African, Spirit song, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "The spear is broken." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0676
- Artist(s): Haya people (Performer) | Composer: Luhanga Magezi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Haya, Haya, Indigenous music, Love song, Luhanga Magezi, Lute, Ndingidi, Nyoro, one string lute, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1839.
- Artist(s): Luhanga Magezi (Leader)Haya children (Performer) | Composer: Luhanga MageziHaya children | 1950/08/06 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Haya, Indigenous music, love, Luhanga Magezi, Ndingidi, Nkole, Nyoro, one string lute, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Traditional music, ILAM | Love song accompanied by clapping and the Ndingidi lute. Same as CR0161-XYZ5266. Further details refer ILAM field card number D4X6
- Artist(s): Luhanga Magezi (Leader)Haya children (Performer) | Composer: Luhanga MageziHaya children | 1950/08/06 | Clapping, East African, Folk music, Haya, Haya, Indigenous music, love, Luhanga Magezi, Ndingidi, Nyoro, one string lute, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Traditional music, ILAM | Love song accompanied by clapping and the Ndingidi lute. Same as CR0146-XYZ5266. Further details refer ILAM field card number D4X6
- Composer: Composer not specifiedDenesi Nkunta (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lala, Mbira, Nkunta,Denesi, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Swaka, Zambia, ILAM | Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0669-XYZT4039a
- Artist(s): Konjo men (Performer) | Composer: Kaikara (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Central African, Dance song, Drum, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kaikara, Konjo, Konjo, Toro, Uganda, ILAM | Kintube dance song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D5Q13.
Pages
