South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): Tswa men (Performer) | Composer: Josefu Manyisa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/06/12 | Dance song, East African, Folk music, Hlengwe, Indigenous music, Josefu Manyisa, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Semba, Southern African, Tswa, Tswa, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Semba dance music. Further details refer ILAM field card number: CV-2
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Uwilulo (Performer) | 1950/06/25 | Daressalaam, Divination song, East African, Folk music, Gourd, Indigenous music, Magic, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Uswezi, Uwilulo, ILAM | Two Uswezi divination song with references to magic. It is accompanied by gourd rattles. Refer ILAM field card D3F4
- Composer: Tiwonoh O Msail (Performer)Composer not specified | 1930-00-00 | banjo, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Tiwonoh O Msail, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0995
- Composer: Badouma women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/03 | Badouma, Badouma, Gabon, Indigenous music, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1074
- Artist(s): Benson Phiri (Leader) | Composer: Nyanja men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Beater, Chewa, Drum, East African, Gourd, Indigenous music, Malawi, Malipenga, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Phiri,Benson, Singing Gourd, Southern African, ILAM | Song with bass drum, rubber beaters and Malipenga singing gourds. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1335
- Composer: Nontombi Dlamini and Her Party (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Dlamini,Nontombi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0521.
- Artist(s): Lulua women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedChenda Esite (Performer) | 1949/08/10 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Chenda Esite, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Gourd, Indigenous music, Luba, Lulua, Lulua, Mourning song, Republic of the Congo, Singing Gourd, Zaire, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4C-5
- Composer: Kazadi Louis (Performer)Kazadi Antonia (Performer)Kankolongo Alidor (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/27 | Accordion, Central African, Congo, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kankolongo,Alidor, Kasai dance, Kazadi,Antoine, Kazadi,Louis, Luba, Republic of the Congo, Stick, Tshipoyi dance, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM field card F1N 4
- Composer: Wembia Albert (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/30 | Central African, Congo, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kandakanda, Luba, Mucheso dance, Republic of the Congo, Southern Congo, Wembia Albert, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1Q 8
- Artist(s): A. Kankolongo (Performer) | Composer: L. Kazadi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Accordion, Belgian Congo, Central African, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kankolongo,Alidor, Kazadi,Louis, Luba, Stick, ILAM | Tshipoyi dance song. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP4006.
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