South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Lenje men and women (Performer) | Composer: Waiti Fundanga (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/15 | Dance song, Drum, Folk music, Fundanga,Waiti, Indigenous music, Lenje, Lenje, Nkoya, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Sase, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Sase dance music. Translated English title - "Come, look children." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4H-9
- Artist(s): Soli men and women (Performer) | Composer: Mankalena Mandona (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Drinking song, Drum, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lusaka, Mankalena Mandona, Northern Rhodesia, Soli, Soli, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Drinking song with drums. Translated English title - "Sing fast." Further details refer ILAM card C4Q14
- Composer: Matthew Nkansu Singers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lenje, Matthew Nkansu, Mourning song, Mumbwa Boma, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM library number: A5.
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Idi Selemani (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/06/28 | Daressalaam, Drum, East African, Folk music, goblet Drum, Humorous, Idi Selemani, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Translated English title - "Do not play with my love." Further details refer ILAM field card number: D3I-8
- Composer: Sechuana Sacred Singer (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Folk music, Sechuana, Sechuana Sacred Singers, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3287.
- Composer: Girls of Village of Mandoma (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Bemba, Clapping, Dance music, Folk music, Indigenous music, Madagascar, Mandoma village, Mandona, Wedding song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM library number: A71.
- Composer: Ngoni Singers (Performer)M. Mwanza(Leader)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luanshya, Mwanza,M., Ngoni, Ngoni Singers, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3482.
- Artist(s): Ganda women (Performer) | Composer: Ludovico Mugerwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/20 | Clapping, Drum, East African, Folk music, Ganda, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Mugerwa,Ludovico, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3N 1
- Composer: Tumbuka women and girls(Performer) | 1950/05/23 | Clapping, Dance music, Drum, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Initiation song, Kasungu, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Uzamba, ILAM | Uzamba dance song -initiation song with two goblet drums and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY3)
- Composer: Lungu, K. (Performer)Kumbale Lungu (Performer) | 1949/08/29 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu,Kumbale, Marimba, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Ulimba, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for men and women with Ulimba. Further details refer ILAM field card (C4V9)
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