South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): The traditional evening birds | Composer: The traditional evening birds | 1960/01/01 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Isicathamiya, Male Choir, Mbube, Part singing, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional evening birds, Traditional music, Unaccompanied, Zulu, ILAM | Unaccompanied traditional song performed by male choir
- Artist(s): Kumbale Lungu (Leader)Nsenga men and women (Performer) | Composer: Kumbale LunguNsenga men and women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Clapping, dance, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu,Kumbale, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Seven note, Song, Traditional music, Ulimba, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Ulimba dance song for men and women. The translated title is "It is the days which change the man". Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V8
- Artist(s): Nsenga men and women (Performer) | Composer: Kumbale Lungu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/29 | Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lungu,Kumbale, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Southern African, Ulimba, Xylophone, Zambia, ILAM | Ulimba dance song with Ulimba xylophone and clapping. Translated English title - "It is the days which change a man." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4V-8
- Composer: Nyanja women and girls (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Chewa, Clapping, Dance song, Drum, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mcoma dance, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Whistle, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1457
- Artist(s): Big Boys (Performer) | Composer: Beatrice Mbanjwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | Bechuanaland, Big Boys, Botswana, Drum, Indigenous music, Mbanjwa,Beatrice, Southern African, Topical song, Tswana, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM record TP0001
- Artist(s): Tumbuka girls (Performer) | Composer: Taines Chirwa (Performer)Nancy Luhana (Performer) | 1950/05/31 | Chirwa,Taines, Folk music, Henga, Indigenous music, Luhana,Nancy, Malawi, mortar, Mzimba, Nyasaland, pestle, Pounding song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, ILAM | Pounding song with mortar and pestles. Further details refer ILAM field card (D2G10)
- 1954/12/12 | East African, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Radio Club, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM library number: A10.
- Composer: Fumba Mkandawile (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Bangwe, Board zither, Folk music, Henga, Humorous, Indigenous music, Mkandawile,Fumba Lundazi, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Tumbuka, Zambia, Zither, ILAM | Humorous song with Bangwe board zither. Further details refer ILAM record number TP0296-XYZ4445
- Composer: Blandy Zabale and CoComposer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Drum, East African, Indigenous music, M'Chopi, Mbira, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Rattle, Zabale,Blandy, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2946.
- Artist(s): Zilose Mwali (Leader) | Composer: Nsenga Women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/05 | Drum, Indigenous music, Mwale,Zilosi, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsengu, South Central African, Unaccompanied, Vocal, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1291
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