South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Composer: Composer not specifiedChabarwa Musanda Sinyoro (Performer) | 1949/10/03 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Njanja, Njari, Shona, Sinyoro,Chabarwa Musunda, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Zezuru, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Translated English title - "Leave your husband and come and dance." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0705
- Composer: Kamiloni Sakala (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949-00-00 | Indigenous music, Kamiloni Sakala, Mourning song, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record no. TP0275-XYZ4428.2.
- Artist(s): Sakala, K. (Leader) | Composer: Nsenga boys (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Clapping, Drum, Folk song, Indigenous music, Mourning song, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Nsenga, Sakala,K., Southern African, Vocal, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0046
- Artist(s): Yelele Lunga (Leader)Nsenga women (Performer) | Composer: Yelele LungaNsenga women | 1949/08/29 | Central African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kalimba, Lunga,Yele, Lungu, mourning, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Mourning song accompanied by the Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "I stood outside the door of the Chief". Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V3
- Artist(s): Sheba, S. (Leader) | Composer: Sons of Barotseland Patriotic Society Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Barotseland, Choral music, Indigenous music, Lozi, Northern Rhodesia, Patriotic song, Sheba,S., Sons of Barotseland Patriotic Society Choir, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP2507
- Artist(s): Balifa Nyabanda (Performer) | Composer: Mani Makwenda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Chewa, Indigenous music, Makwenda,Mani, Malawi, Morter, Nyabanda,Balifa, Nyanja, Nyasaland, pestle, Southern African, ILAM | Pounding song. Further details ILAM shellac record number TP2769.
- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Ernest Pole (Performer) | 1950/07/30 | Clapping, Dance song, East African, Ernest Pole, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Puba, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Puba dace song for boys and girls with clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4P1).
- Artist(s): Sukuma men (Performer) | Composer: Ernest Pole (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Clapping, Dance song, East African, Ernest Pole Sukuma, Folk music, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Puba dance, Shinyanga, Sukuma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Translated English title - "I have heard thw chief's dance, Milango." Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1758
- Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Marembesa, D. (Performer)Dickson Marembesa (Performer) | 1949/09/16 | Blantyre, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Lomwe, Makua, Malawi, Marembesa,Dickson, Nyasaland, Southern African, Story Song, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Story song, unaccompanied with Lomwe men. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5N21)
- Composer: Eriya Bakwasa (Performer)Eriya Bakwasa (Composer) | 1950/08/25 | Bunyoro, Central African, East African, Ekidongo harp, Eriya Bakwasa, Indigenous music, Nyoro, Self-delectative song, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D5Q-14
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