South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Nsenga men and women (Performer) | Composer: Kumbale Lungu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/29 | Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu,Kumbale, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Southern African, Ulimba, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Ulimba dance song with Ulimba xylophone and clapping. Translated English title - "You pound very hard, but where has your husband gone." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4V-9
- Composer: Kumbale Lungu (Performer) | 1949/08/29 | Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu,Kumbale, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Ulimba, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Ulimba dance song with Ulimba xylophone and clapping. Translated English title - "You pound very hard, but where has your husband gone." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4V-9
- Composer: Ufesi, L. (Performer)Lipiya Ufesi (Performer) | 1949/09/03 | Bangwe, Chewa, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Ufesi,Lipiya, Zither, ILAM | Pangwe dance song for children with guitar body Bangwe. Further details refer ILAM fiel card (C5A1)
- Artist(s): Ngoni men and women (Performer) | Composer: Mataka Mwanza (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/10 | Dance song, Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mwanza,Mataka, Ngoma, Ngoni, Ngoni, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, Zulu, ILAM | Translated English title - "He has no mercy ." Ngoma dance music. Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4C-4
- Composer: Fulediliki Lweko (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | bow, Folk music, Fulediliki Lweko, Indigenous music, kalumba, Kaonde, Love song, Luba, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Nostalgic song with Kalumba bow. Further details refer ILAM field card number C4Q13
- Composer: Sipaita, M. (Performer)Yamwa, S. (Performer)Masuwa Sipaita (Performer)Sunday Yamwa (Performer) | 1949/07/28 | Entertainment song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Luunda, Mufulira, Ndembo, Ndimba, Northern Rhodesia, Sipaita,Masuwa, Southern African, Xylophone, Yamwa,Sunday, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music - Entertainment song with Ndimba xylophone accompaniment. Further details refer ILAM field card (C3P2).
- Composer: Composer not specifiedSunday Yamuwa (Performer)Masuwa Sipaita (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Lunda, Marimba, Ndembo, Ndimba, Northern Rhodesia, Sipaita,Masuwa, Southern African, Xylophone, Yamwa,Sunday, Zambia, ILAM | Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0634-XYZ4015.2
- Composer: Composer not specifiedMasua Sipaita (Performer)Sunday Yamowa (Performer) | 1949/07/28 | Entertainment song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lunda, Marimba, Ndembo, Ndimba, Northern Rhodesia, Sipaita,Masuwa, Southern African, Xylophone, Yamwa,Sunday, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0635
- Composer: Ibrahimu Rajabu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Hehe, Ibrahimu Rajabu, Indigenous music, Self delectative, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zither, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP1527.
- Composer: Chokwe men (Performer) | 1949/08/02 | Chokwe, Chokwe, Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Luvale, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Topical song, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music - Hunting song(a) and Topical song(b) with Kalimba accompaniment. Further details refer ILAM field card (C3U1).
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