South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Composer: Luvale men (Performer) | 1952/01/30 | Angola, Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kazobu, Luvale, Luvale, Mbira, metal, Reed, Southern African, ILAM | Katchatcha dance music with drum, mbira, bamboo reeds and struck metal. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1Q7)
- Composer: Luvale men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/30 | Angola, Central African, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Katchakatcha dance, Katchakatcha mbira, Kazobu, Luvale, Luvale, Portuguese West Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1Q 7
- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: M. Kija (Performer) | 1950/07/23 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, M. bin Kija, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Williamson Diamond Mine, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card no. D4H3.
- Composer: Mwikuru Kija (Performer) | 1950/07/23 | Dance music, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Maswa, Mwikuru Kija, Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Folk music - Wigasha dance song for men and women with Sukuma men.Further details refer ILAM field card (D4H3)
- Composer: Elijan Reremoi | 1950/09/23 | Baringo district Kenya, Folk music, Kenyan, Nandi, Reremoi, Elijan, ILAM | Rekweno dance song for men.The many unrelated verses are mostly deswcriptions of various characters in the village. A simple song typical of the Nandi.
- Composer: Luba-Hemba men and women (Performer) | 1952/08/18 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, goblet Drum, Hemba, Hemba, Indigenous music, Kongolo, Luba, Luba, Rattle, ILAM | Herbalist or diviner song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard F4N-5.
- Composer: Samson Baloy (Performer and Composer) | 1960-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Samson Baloy, Southern African, Venda Sezembe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3707.
- Composer: Trido, N. (Performer)Ngoyi Trido (Performer)Vinsa, M. (Performer)Mbaya Vinsa (Performer) | 1949/07/05 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luba, Rattle, Trido,Ngoyi, Vinsa,Mbaya, Wedding song, Xylophone, ILAM | Accompanied wedding song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C2S20)
- Artist(s): Two Drummers (Performer)Luba women (Performer) | Composer: Ngoyi Trido (Performer)Bayu Isak (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/07/05 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Isak,Bayu, Luba, Luba, Marimba, Rattle, Republic of the Congo, Trido,Ngoyi, Wedding song, Xylophone, Zaire, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: C2S-20
- Composer: Matandiko, W (Performer)Wilisoni Matandiko (Performer) | 1949/09/04 | Bangwe, Board zither, Chewa, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Matandiko,Wilison, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Pangwe, Salima, Southern African, Topical song, ILAM | Topical song with Bangwe (board zither). English translated title - "Take her over to the next village yourself". Further details refer ILAM field card (C5B3).
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