South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): Ngoni men | Composer: Mwanza, A. (Performer)Agilipa Mwanza (Performer) | 1949/08/31 | Dance song, Folk music, Fort Jameson, Indigenous music, Mwanza,Agilipa, Ngoni, Ngoni, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Mbanda dance, unaccompanied. Translated English title - "Keyala nearly died." Further details refer ILAM field card (C4X6).
- Artist(s): Agilipa Mwanza (Composer/Performer)Nguni men and women (Performer) | Composer: Agilipa Mwanza (Composer/Performer)Nguni men and women (Performer) | 1949/08/31 | boys, Chewa, dance, girls, Indigenous music, Mbanda, Mwanza,Agilipa, Nguni, Nguni, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mbanda dance song performed by young men and women. The music uses the Chewa pattern. The English title is Keyala nearly died. Refer ILAM field card C4X6
- Composer: Composer not specifiedOroclos Ombiza - Charles (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Bottle, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Ombiza,Charles, Oroclos, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0510-ABC12488
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Makimilani Mpuluka (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/09/12 | Chair, Clapping, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makimilani Mpuluka, Makua, Malawi, Nautongwe, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tin, ILAM | Nautongwe dance music with beaten tin, beaten chair and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C5J-2
- Artist(s): Katinyane waKatini(Leader) | Composer: Chopi People (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/05 | Chopi, Chopi, Indigenous music, Katinyane waKatini, Mozambique, ochestra, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Timbila, Vocal, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1295
- Composer: Ovambo Compound singers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | East African, Indigenous music, Ovambo Compound Singers, Vambo, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2809.
- Artist(s): Nobati Chibao (Leader) | Composer: Composer not specifiedBemba boys (Performer) | 1949-00-00 | Bemba, Bemba, Chibao,Nobati, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Translated English title - "Evaleni refuses." Further detail refer ILAM shellac record number: TP0655-XYZT4025
- Artist(s): Chiwala Twins (Performer) | Composer: Gabriela Yumba (Composer/Performer) | 1952/01/16 | Bemba, Chinwala Twins, Guitar, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Yumba,Gabriel, Zambia, ILAM | Concert song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard F1G-3.
- Artist(s): The Chiwala Twins | Composer: Grabriel Yumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Belgian Congo, Bemba, Chinwala Twins, Concert song, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Yumba,Gabriel, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2876.
- Artist(s): Zulu singers and musicians (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedMseleku, A. (Performer) | 1946-00-00 | Indigenous music, Keyboard, KwaZulu-Natal, Mseleku,A., Natal, Piano, Rattle, South Africa, Southern African, Topical song, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Topical song with accompaniment. Further details refer ILAM record TP0039-ABC268
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