South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Composer: Composer not specifiedLang Obiera (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Indigenous music, Obiero,Lang, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0478-ABC12217
- Composer: Zulu Champions (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, Zulu, Zulu Champions, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3342.
- Composer: Bwalya Lumbwe (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Bemba, Children's song, Folk song, Indigenous music, Lumbwe,Bwalya, Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied children's song with Bemba boys. Translated English title - "Let me wash myself, mother". Further details refer ILAM field card no. C4Q5.
- Composer: Yao women (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Yao, Yao, ILAM | Dance song for Likwaka dance for women with clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O2)
- Composer: Children of the Mindola African School (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/01/13 | Folk music, Indigenous music, Kawambwa, Luunda, Mindola African School, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Wedding song, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F1E 7
- Composer: Maritheresi Levi (Performer)Levi, M. (Performer) | 1949/07/12 | Belgian Congo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Levi,Maritheresi, Luunda, Story Song, ILAM | Folk song and story song accompanied by Luunda girlsFurther details refer ILAM field card (C2Z4)
- Composer: Nyasaland Male Voice Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | East African, Indigenous music, Masinga, Nyasaland Male Voice Choir, Rattle, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3297.
- Composer: Entenga Royal drummers (Performer) | 1950/08/30 | Buganda, Drum, Drum tune, East African, Entenga Royal Drummers, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Uganda, ILAM | Drum tune for six drummers with set of fifteen Entenga tuned conical drums, laced, closed, single. Further details refer ILAM field card (D5V5)
- Composer: The Royal drummers of the H.H. The Kabaka of Buganda (Performer) | 1954-00-00 | Drum, Drum tune, East African, Ganda, Indigenous music, Kampala, Ntenga, Royal Drummers of the H.H. The Kabaka of Buganda, Uganda, ILAM | 15 Ntenga drums. Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2255.
- Artist(s): Julai Tembane (Leader) | Composer: Nzumba players (Performer) | 1954/06/06 | Dance music, Drum, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Julai Tembane, Massinga, Mozambique, Nzumba, Nzumba, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Tswa, Xylophone, ILAM | Instrumental dance with four xylophones and four drums. Translated English title - "The affair of the fox." Further details refer ILAM field card (G1A2)
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