South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Composer: Composer not specifiedOroclos Ombiza - Charles (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Bottle, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Ombiza,Charles, Oroclos, Song, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number TP0522-ABC12492
- Composer: The Blue Hams Choir (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Blue Hams Choir, Folk music, Indigenous music, Johannesburg, Male Voice Choir, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal Mbube, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP3492-2014.
- Artist(s): N. H. Makanya (Conductor) | Composer: The Bantu Glee Singers (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Bantu Glee Singers, Choral music, Folk song, Indigenous music, KwaZulu-Natal, Makanya,Nimrod H., Piano, South Africa, Southern African, Topical song, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Wedding song. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number CR0657.
- Composer: Xhosa men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1957/05/10 | Ciskei, Clapping, Eastern Cape, Folk music, Indigenous music, Ngaika, South Africa, Southern African, Transkei, Vocals, Xhosa, Xhosa, ILAM | Translated English title - "Malicious desertion." Further details refer ILAM field card number: L1K 7
- Composer: Nelson Kawanda (Performer)Kawanda, N. (Performer) | 1949/08/04 | Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Kawanda,Nelson, Lozi, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Unaccompanied hunting song with Lozi men and women. Further details refer ILAM field card (C3W4).
- Artist(s): Lozi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedNelson Kawanda (Performer) | 1949/08/04 | Folk music, Hunting song, Indigenous music, Kawanda,Nelson, Lozi, Lozi, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number: C3W-4
- Composer: Mpondomisi dancers (Performer) | 1951/11/06 | Cape, Clapping, Dance music, Eastern Cape, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mpondomisi, Ndlamu, Pondo, Qumbu, Rattle, South Africa, Southern African, Stamping, Transkei, Whistle, Xhosa, ILAM | Ndlamu dance music with clapping, stamping and whistle. Further details refer ILAM field card (H1F6)
- Artist(s): Oroclos (Performer) | Composer: C. Ombiza (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/20 | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Indigenous music, Ngwana, Ombiza,Charles, Oroclos, Stanleyville, Stick, Swahili, Topical song, ILAM | Rumba music. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard F4O-7.
- Artist(s): Swahili men (Performer) | Composer: Omari Saidi (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/07/04 | Box Rattle, Dance song, Folk music, Friction stick, Indigenous music, Marimba, Mkwaju dance, Nguja, Omari Saidi, Southern African, Swahili, Swahili, Xylophone, Zanziba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D3O-5
- Artist(s): Swahili men (Performer) | Composer: Omari Saidi (Performer) | 1950/07/04 | Box Rattle, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Friction stick, Indigenous music, Marimba, Mkwaju, Nguja, Omari Saidi, Rattle, Stick, Swahili, Swahili, Xylophone, Zanziba, ILAM | Mkwaju dance song for men with Marimba xylophone, box rattle and friction sticks. Further details refer ILAM field card (D3O5)
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