South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
The browser contains 10 records per page. Use the pager at the bottom of the page to navigate to additional pages
For more information about each record click the Title link in the page below
Alternatively all "orange" words below are links to records which have been so tagged
- Composer: Gethonosa Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1928-00-00 | Folk music, Gethonosa Choir, Indigenous music, Johannesburg, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP3466-1919.
- Composer: Gethonosa Choir (Performer)J. Mabuza (Conductor)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Drum, East African, Folk music, Gethonosa Choir, Indigenous music, J. Mabuza, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Shangaan, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3358.
- Artist(s): Chinda Kamwana (Performer) | 1952/05/24 | Accordion, Chinda Kamwana, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kenya, Kiamuthambi, Kikuyu, Kikuyu territory, Struck iron, Topical song, ILAM | A topical song with accordian and struck iron. The accordian is used as a ground which creates a happy noise but has little, if any, melodic or harmonic relationship to the tonality or mode of the voice."The father of the girl I want to marry came to Mombasea leaving his daughter at home - so I came to Mombasa too and said to him 'Now how about it - I want to discuss the marriage arrangements'."Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3B 5
- Composer: Damiao Mangumu (Performer) | 1949/06/13 | Homoine, Indigenous music, Mangumu,Damiao, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Stamper, Tswa, Work Song, ILAM | Folk song for work with stampers (earth) adapted frpm a well known drinking song)Further details refer ILAM field card (CW2)
- Artist(s): Tswa men (Performer) | Composer: Damiao Mangumu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/06/13 | East African, Folk music, Hlengwe, Indigenous music, Mangumu,Damiao, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Stampe, Tswa, Tswa, Work Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: CW-2
- Composer: Morija Training College male Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Guitar, Indigenous music, Morija, Morija Training College male choir, Rattle, Sotho, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3031.
- Artist(s): Bakusa men | Composer: Maunda Waliaula (Composer) | 1950/09/11 | Bakusa, Bowl, Bukusu, East African, Heroic song, Indigenous music, Kenya, Litungu bowl, Luhengele inverted bowl, North Nyanza, Waliaula,Maunda, ILAM | Heroic song with Litungu bowl and Luhengele inverted bowl. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D6H1.
- Composer: Pietersburg Melodians (Performer) | 1948-00-00 | Choral music, Indigenous music, Pedi, Pietersburg, Pietersburg Melodians, South Africa, Southern African, Topical song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM record TP0010
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Nankhuni, S.E. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makua, Malawi, Nankhuni,S.E., Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Wedding song, ILAM | Unaccompanied wedding song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O5)
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Nankuni, S. E. (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949-00-00 | East African, Grunting, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makua, Malawi, Nankhuni,S.E., Nyasaland, Southern African, Wedding song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1201
Pages
