South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): Elim Hospital Native Choir (Performer) | Composer: Elim Hospital Native Choir | 1900-01-00 | Choir, Concert, dance, Elim Hospital Native Choir, Euro-African, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Marhavi (Marabi?), Popular music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Concert song with a European influence. The piece is identified as a Marhavi dance
- Artist(s): Elim Hospital Native Choir (Performer) | Composer: Elim Hospital Native Choir | 1900-01-00 | Elim Hospital Native Choir, Indigenous music, Marabi style, Marhavi (Marabi?), Piano, Popular music, Shangaan, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Marabi style song with piano accompaniment. The piece is identified as a Marhavi dance
- Composer: St Mary's Institution Roma Mission Choir (Performer) | 1951/05/22 | Basutoland, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lesotho, Sotho, South Sotho, Southern African, St. Mary's Institution Roma Mission Choir, ILAM | Dance song with clapping. Translated English title - "I have two twins and one tsotsi."Further details refer ILAM field card (E1B28)
- Composer: Ngara, C. (Performer)Chakanyuka Ngara (Performer) | 1951/06/14 | Bvumba, concertina, Folk music, Indigenous music, Love song, Manyika, Ngara,Chakanyuka (Friday), Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Traditional music, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Love song with concertina. Further details refer ILAM field card (E2K3)
- Composer: The Chipika singers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Chikaranga, Chipika Singers, East African, Indigenous music, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3737.
- Composer: Marivate's Quartette (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Marivate's Quartette, Shangaan, Southern African, Tshonga, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3022.
- Composer: Babu (Performer)Nawabvumiri (Performer)Composer not specified | 1933-00-00 | Babu, Clapping, Indigenous music, Karanga, Nawabvumiri, Shona, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Vocal, Work Song, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0848
- Artist(s): Tracey, H.T. (Conductor) | Composer: Titai Nawabvumiri (Performer)Composer not specified | 1928-00-00 | Drum, Indigenous music, Karanga, Shona, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Titai Nawabvumiri, Tracey, Hugh, Tracey,H.T., Vocal, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0944
- Artist(s): Nyanja men (Performer) | Composer: Kumbanga, A.B. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kumbanga,A.B., Malawi, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Story Song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Story song, unaccompanied with Nyanja men. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O4)
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Tatu Binti Ali (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Ali,Tatu Binti, Dance song, Daressalaam, East African, Folk music, Hiyari ya moyo dance, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1555
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