South African Music Archive Project
Folk music
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- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Marembesa, D. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Malawi, Marembesa,Dickson, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | indigenous music. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O10)
- Composer: T. Makala (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, Makala,T., Sotho, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3404.
- Artist(s): Chewa women (Performer) | Composer: Chadza Nkwenda (Composer)Chewa women (Performer) | 1950/05/20 | Central African, Chadza Nkwenda, Chewa, Chewa, East African, Folk music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Rain song. Further details refer to ILAM field card DV10
- Composer: Gethonosa Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1928-00-00 | Folk music, Gethonosa Choir, Indigenous music, Johannesburg, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP3466-1919.
- Composer: Gethonosa Choir (Performer)J. Mabuza (Conductor)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Drum, East African, Folk music, Gethonosa Choir, Indigenous music, J. Mabuza, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3358.
- Artist(s): Chinda Kamwana (Performer) | 1952/05/24 | Accordion, Chinda Kamwana, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiamuthambi, Kikuyu, Kikuyu territory, Struck iron, Topical song, ILAM | A topical song with accordian and struck iron. The accordian is used as a ground which creates a happy noise but has little, if any, melodic or harmonic relationship to the tonality or mode of the voice."The father of the girl I want to marry came to Mombasea leaving his daughter at home - so I came to Mombasa too and said to him 'Now how about it - I want to discuss the marriage arrangements'."Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3B 5
- Artist(s): Tswa men (Performer) | Composer: Damiao Mangumu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/06/13 | East African, Folk music, Hlengwe, Indigenous music, Mangumu,Damiao, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Stampe, Tswa, Tswa, Work Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: CW-2
- Composer: Group of Lulua men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1957/07/28 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Jadotville, Kalombo dance, Luba, Lulua, Lulua, Rattle, ILAM | Further details refer record number: TP3961
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Nankhuni, S.E. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makua, Malawi, Nankhuni,S.E., Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Wedding song, ILAM | Unaccompanied wedding song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O5)
- Composer: Muntanga, J. (Performer)Jim Muntanga (Performer) | 1949/08/07 | Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Kitwe, Lunda, Muntanga,Jim, Ndembo, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Hunting song with Lunda men and women. Title in English - "Hunter's Luck." Further details refer ILAM field card (C3Z9).
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