South African Music Archive Project
Folk song
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- Artist(s): Girls at Chief Kabundawalo's Village (Performer) | Composer: Labeka Mwanza (Performer) | 1949/08/27 | Chief Kabundawalo, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mwanza,Labeka, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Pounding song. Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4T3b.
- Composer: Tipaye Carriers of Chief Baonoko (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/09 | Basket rattles, Belgian Congo, Buudu, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk song, Indigenous music, Ivory horn, Tipaye Carriers of Chief Baonoko, Tipaye song, ILAM | Tipaye song and dance of the Tipaye Carriers. Further details refer ILAM field card F4K-3
- Composer: Wagenya Men and Women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/16 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk song, Indigenous music, Peddling song, Unaccompanied, Wagenya, Wagenya, ILAM | Peddling Song. Further details refer ILAM field card F4L-3
- Artist(s): Bemba Men (Performer) | Composer: Philemon Kalela (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/19 | Bemba, Bemba, Folk song, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Philemon Kalela, Southern African, Topical song, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM field card number F1K-1
- Composer: Kyomile Kabanyolekile (Performer) | 1950/08/06 | Bukoba, Clapping, Drum, Folk song, Haya, Indigenous music, Kyomile Kabanyolekile, Nyoro, Paddling song, Southern African, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Folk music -Paddling song with drums and clapping and accompanied by Haya me.Further details refer ILAM field card (D4X14)
- Composer: The Seven wives of the Chief (Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Central African, Chief Mobelwa's village, Folk song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mzimba, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Seven Wives of the Chief, Unaccompanied, Zulu, ILAM | Song for Wedding ceremonies. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D2B7.
- Composer: Group of Bemba boys (Performer) | 1948/05/07 | Axe, Bemba, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mapanza, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Folk music sung by Bemba boysFurther details refer ILAM field card (AX23)
- Artist(s): Nyanga men and boys (Performer) | Composer: J.M.S. Sawali (Performer) | 1949/09/16 | Folk song, Indigenous music, J.M.S. Sawali, Malawi, Nyanga, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Story Song. Further details refer ILAM card no C5N15
- Artist(s): Mwanza (Arranger) | Composer: Msamaliya Mwanza and Company (Performer)Composer not specified | 1967-00-00 | Chinsenga, Drinking song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mbira, Mwanza, Mwanza,Msamaliya, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Senga, Southern African, Vocal, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0618
- Composer: Girls at Blantyre Mission (Performer) | 1949/09/15 | Blantyre, Blantyre Mission, Central African, Folk song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Story Song, Unaccompanied, Yao, Zulu, ILAM | Song story sung by girls at Blatyre mission. Further details refer to ILAM card no. C5M5b.
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