South African Music Archive Project
Folk song
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- Composer: Medje Men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/07 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk song, Indigenous music, Marriage Dance, Medje, Medje, Ngbetu, ILAM | Marriage Dance. Further details refer ILAM field card F4I-1
- Artist(s): None | Composer: Kaizali Nulembwe (Performer) | 1952/01/19 | Angola, Central African, Chingola, Folk song, Guitar, Kaizali Mulembwe, Nchanga Mine Welfare Centre, Oushi, ILAM | Humorous Song. Further details refer to ILAM field card (F1K5)
- Composer: Avuwa Yuda (Performer) | 1949/07/07 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk song, Gwara, Lament, Likembe, Mbira, Yuda,Avuwa, ILAM | Lament about poverty accompanied by Likembe (Mbira)Further details refer ILAM field card (C2U11)
- Composer: Boys at Mapanza (Performer) | 1948/05/05 | Drinking song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Lala, Limba, Mapanza, Mapanza College, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music drinking song with Limba and rattles.Further details refer ILAM field card (AV2)
- Artist(s): Sukuma men and women (Performer) | Composer: Welelo Sucha (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Clapping, Dance song, East African, Folk song, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Puba dance, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, Welelo Sucha, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR052
- Composer: Timeyo Mwandila and his wife (Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Central African, Chief Mobelwa's village, Fighting song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mwandila,Timeyo, Mwandila,Timeyo's wife, Mzimba, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Zulu, ILAM | Translation: If I can dance.Fighting song for after fighting with Gubu musical bow accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM card no. D2B2.
- Artist(s): N. H. Makanya (Performer) | Composer: The Bantu Glee Singers (Performer) | 1960-00-00 | Bantu Glee Singers, Dance song, Drum, Folk song, Indigenous music, Kazoo, KwaZulu-Natal, Makanya,Nimrod H., Piano, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0647.
- Composer: Moses wa Kunda | 1949/07/12 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk song, Kasenga, Luunda, Moses Wakunda, ILAM | Songs from a story
- Composer: Zande Elephant drivers-"Cornacs"(Performer) | 1952/08/03 | Andudu, Belgian Congo, Camp de Nepoko, Central African, Congo, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, elephant drivers (cornacs), Folk song, Indigenous music, Vangara, Zande, Zande, ILAM | Narone dance, with 1 wooden cylindrical slit drum and 1 small bass drum, laced. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. F4G4.
- Artist(s): Wemba boys (Accompaniment) | Composer: Alec Chitembeya (Performer) | 1948/05/07 | Chitembeya,Alec, Folk song, Mapanza, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Wemba, Wemba, Zambia, ILAM | Song to break the dancing spell and end the dance
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