South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): Boys of Kitovu Technical School (Performer) | Composer: Evaristo N. Muyinda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/06/29 | Drum, East African, Evaristo N. Muyinda, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kitovu Technical School, Madinda xylophone, Masaka, Uganda, Wistful song, ILAM | Translated English title - "I would like to give you something but the lake is dry." Further details refer ILAM field card number: F3R 5
- Artist(s): Pancras Mkwana's son | Composer: Pancras Mkwana (Performer) | 1950/06/13 | 6-string zitther, Anselm P. Mkwama, Folk music, Hehe, Indigenous music, Iringa, Ligombo, Pancras Mkwana, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Tappine, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Folk song with rhythmic tappine. Further details refer to ILAM field card (D2T4)
- Composer: Maktshwa's Choir (Performer)The Merry Blackbirds (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Maktshwa, Merry Blackbirds, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3038.
- Artist(s): Lenje men and women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedTesina Ndende (Performer) | 1949/08/05 | Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Lenje, Lenje, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tesina Ndende, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number: C3X-9
- Composer: Timeyo Mwandila and his wife (Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Central African, Chief Mobelwa's village, Fighting song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mwandila,Timeyo, Mwandila,Timeyo's wife, Mzimba, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Zulu, ILAM | Translation: If I can dance.Fighting song for after fighting with Gubu musical bow accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM card no. D2B2.
- Artist(s): Timeyo Mwandila's wife (Performer) | Composer: Timeyo Mwandila (Performer) | 1950/05/26 | Folk music, Gubu, Indigenous music, Malawi, Musical bow, Mwandila,Timeyo, Mwandila,Timeyo's wife, Mzimba, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Fighting song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D2B2.
- Artist(s): Wife of Timeyo Mwandila (Performer) | Composer: Timeyo Mwandila (Performer) | 1952/01/09 | East African, Fighting song, Folk music, Gubu musical bow, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mwandila,Timeyo, Mwandila,Timeyo's wife, Ngoni, Nyasaland, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP2435
- Composer: The Singer Sacred Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1948-00-00 | Choral music, Hymn, Indigenous music, Johannesburg, Mixed voice Choir, Singer Sacred Choir, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Christian church hymn. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP3828.
- Artist(s): Daressalaam Jazz Band | Composer: Composer not specifiedShabani Abdullah Mwenkewa (Performer) | 1951/01/01 | Clarinet, Dar-es-Salaam Jazz Band, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kazoos, Mwankewa,Shabani Abdallah, rattles, Swahili rumba, trumpet, Violin, ILAM | Translated in English"What keeps you here"Further details refer to ILAM filed card number XYZ6017
- Artist(s): Daressalaam Jazz Band | Composer: Composer not specifiedShabani Abdullah Mwenkewa (Performer) | 1951/01/01 | Alexander Hall, Bass Drum, Clarinet, Dar-es-Salaam Jazz Band, Daressalaam, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kazoos, Mwankewa,Shabani Abdallah, Nguja, rattles, Swahili, Swahili rumba, Tanganyika, Tanzania, trumpet, Violin, ILAM | Translated in English"What keeps you here"Further details refer to ILAM filed card number XYZ6017
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