South African Music Archive Project
Folk song
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- Composer: Kalonda Leonard (Performer) | 1952/01/26 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Elisabethville, Folk song, Guitar, Indigenous music, Leonard,Kalonda, Luba, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card no. F1M7
- Composer: Ezekeri Ndamanyire (Performer) | 1950/08/25 | Bunyoro, Central African, Dance music, Ebinyege, Ezekeri Ndamanyire, Folk song, Indigenous music, Leg rattle, Nyoro, Rattle, Uganda, ILAM | Orunyege dance song for boys and girls with leg rattles and accompanied by Nyoro boys and girls.Further details refer ILAM field card (D5Q6)
- Composer: Hope Fountain Native Girls Choir (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Choral music, Country-African, Folk song, Hope Fountain Native Girls Choir, Indigenous music, Ndebele, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Unaccompanied, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0684.
- Composer: Abdalla Feza Ibraim (Performer) | 1950/08/06 | Bukoba, Folk song, Haya, Ibrahim,Abdalla Feza, Indigenous music, Nanga, Nyoro, Southern African, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Topical song, Trough zither, Zither, ILAM | Folk music - Topical song with trough zither.Further details refer ILAM field card (D4X17)
- Artist(s): Davison Sililo (Leader) | Composer: Sons of Barotseland Patriotic Society Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/12 | Barotseland, Clapping, Davison Sililo, Folk song, Indigenous music, Lozi, Northern Rhodesia, Sons of Barotseland Patriotic Society Choir, Southern African, Story Song, Zambia, ILAM | Story song. Further details refer ILAM card number XYZ5996
- Artist(s): Bemba boys | Composer: Maleyo Mwendapole (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Bemba, Bemba, Drum, Folk song, Girls initiation song, Indigenous music, Lusaka, Maleyo Mwendapole, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Girls initiation song. Song accompanied by Bemba boys. Translated English title - "Kalomb, my slave, you have not returned". Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4D3.
- Artist(s): Lenje men and women | Composer: Waiti Fundenga (Performer) | 1949/08/15 | Broken Hill Mine, Dance song, Drum, Folk song, Indigenous music, Lenje, Lenje, Northern Rhodesia, rattles, Southern African, Waiti Fundenga, Zambia, ILAM | Translation: Come look children. Dance song for Sase dance for men and women. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. C4H9
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Idi Selemani (Performer) | 1950/06/28 | Daressalaam, East African, Folk song, goblet Drum, Humorous, Idi Selemani, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Translation:"Do not play with my love. I will wait for her till she grows up and is ready to marry me." Humorous song with goblet drum accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D3I8.
- Artist(s): Nkoya men and women | Composer: Filimoni Mandala (Performer) | 1949/08/15 | Broken Hill Mine, Dance song, Drum, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mandala,Filimoni, Nkoya, Nkoya, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Kasimbo dance for men and women. The Kasimbo dance is sometimes used after wakes. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. C4H6
- 1949/08/14 | Folk song, Humorous, Indigenous music, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Yao, Zambia, ILAM | Humorous song. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. C4G13
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