South African Music Archive Project
Harp
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- 1900-00-00 | Central African, Harp, Uganda, ILAM | Translation: Visit over the border. Further details refer ILAM record number (1334)
- Composer: Eriya Bakwasa (Performer)Eriya Bakwasa (Composer) | 1950/08/25 | Central African, East African, Ekidongo harp, Eriya Bakwasa, Harp, Indigenous music, Nyoro, Nyoro, Topical song, Uganda, Yodelling, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D5Q-9
- Composer: Alfred (Composer)Dhola Men and Women | 1950-00-00 | Alfred, Dhola, Dhola, Drum, East African, Harp, Indigenous music, Lukiko, Mourning song, Orchestra, Pipe Band, Tororo, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2167.
- Composer: Isaya Deka (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/05 | East African, Gwere, Harp, Isaya Deka, Mbale, Ntongoli, Soga, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM field card (D6B8)
- Composer: Zouma Koumassi (Performer)Amadou (Performer)Ide (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/04 | Amadou, Drum, France, French, Haoussa, Harp, Ide, Indigenous music, Konko, Nigeria, Vocal, West African, Zouma Koumassi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1054
- Composer: Zouma Koumassi(Performer)Amadou (Performer)Ide (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/04 | Amadou, Drum, French, Haoussa, Harp, Ide, Indigenous music, Konko, Nigeria, Vocal, West African, Zouma Koumassi, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1054
- Composer: Konde Kouyate(Performer)Diemori Kouyate (Composer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Diemori Kouyate, French Guinea, Guinea, Harp, Indigenous music, Konde Kouyate, Kora, Lute, Malinke, Republic of Guinea, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1070
- Artist(s): Zegbe and Ndongo men and women | 1952/07/31 | Basket rattle, Chief Maki, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Faradje territory, Folk - Central African, Harp, Likembe, Ndongo, Ndongo, North Eastern Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zegbe, ILAM | This song is usually sung after a funeral, with harp, likembe and basket rattle. Leader - Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. Chief Maki, Faradje territory, North East Congo., The singers lament the death of a friend and in so doing demonstrate the fact that Africans celebrate their funerals with dances and apparently gay singing.
- Artist(s): Zegive and Mvu people | 1952/07/31 | Basket rattle, bells, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk - Central African, Harp, Likembe, Mvu, Mvu, North East Congo Republic of the Congo, Watsa district, Zegive, ILAM | Work song (Carrying Sedan Chair), with harp, likembe, bekks and basket rattle. Zegive and Mvu people. Watsa district, North East Congo., This tribe, like many of the non-Bantu tribes in this North East part of the Congo are very simple people indeed. The country has still few roads (1952) and the carrying of officials and others whose work takes them into remote parts is still common., The chair or mashila which they carry is called locally Tipoyi.
- Composer: Eriya Bakwasa (Composer/Performer) | 1950/08/25 | Bunyoro, Central African, Ekidongo, Eriya Bakwasa, Harp, Nyoro, Topical song, Uganda, ILAM | Topical song with Ekidongo (8 string horizontal harp).Further details refer ILAM field card (D5Q11)
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