South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Yelele Lunga (Leader)Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele LungaNsenga women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, love, Lunga,Yele, Lungu, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Love song accompanied by the ten note Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "I am enchanted when I look at Kalengele". Further details refer ILAM field card C4V19
- Artist(s): Medje men (Performer) | Composer: Tipoyi Canius (Leader)Composer not specified | 1952/08/07 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Medje, Medje, Medje, Tipoyi Canius, Work Song, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number F4I-8.
- Artist(s): Yao girls(Performer) | Composer: Linilesi Sadiki (Performer) | 1950/05/11 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lineless Sadiki, Malawi, Nyasaland, Sadiki,L., Southern African, Story Song, Unaccompanied, Yao, Yao, Zomba, ILAM | Story song, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (DM7)
- Artist(s): Henga boys and girls (Performer) | Composer: Hannington Ngoma (Performer) | 1950/05/11 | Folk music, Hannington Ngoma, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mzimba, Nyasaland, Southern African, Story Song, Tumbuka, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Story song, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (DM17)
- Artist(s): Wanga men (Performer) | Composer: Daudi Mutekete (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/11 | Drum, East African, Eshitsiriba horn, Fighting song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Mutekete,Daudi, Nyanza, Stick, Wanga, Wanga, ILAM | Song after fighting. Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6H-13
- Artist(s): Mulumbo Gaspard (Performer) | Composer: Kalonji Marcel (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/30 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Gaspard,Mulumbo, Indigenous music, Likembe, Luba, Marcel,Kalouji, Mbira, ILAM | Self delectative song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard F1Q11.
- Artist(s): Tumbuka / Henga men and women (Performer) | Composer: Patiliki Muwowo (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Clapping, Drinking song, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Patiliki Muwowo, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Zambia, ILAM | Drinking song with drums. Further details refer ILAM card C4Q18
- Artist(s): Daluman Owimo (Performer) | Composer: Asungo Okwela (Performer) | 1950/07/23 | Central African, Dance song, Dho, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luo, Okwela,Asunga, Owino,Dalumas, Pieces of Iron, Shinyanga, Sound box, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Nyangile dance song for men and women with sound box and two pieces of iron as accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D4G14.
- Composer: Salisbury Male Voice Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Salisbury Male Voice Choir, Shona, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3065.
- Composer: Zezuru/Nohwe men and women (Performer) | 1949/09/24 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Mrewa, Nohwe, Nohwe, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Threshing Song, Unaccompanied, Yodelling, Zezuru, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Yodelling song for threshing grain. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5V4)
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