Indigenous music

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  1. Artist(s): The Egyptian Musical Clu | Composer: Bom Amberon (Leader)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Amberon,Bom, East African, Egyptian Music Club, Indigenous music, Orchestra, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Violin, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number CR1376
  2. Artist(s): Societe Edemi de Stanleyville (Performer) | Composer: Elisa Edemi (Composer/Performer) | 1952/08/20 | Belgian Congo, Bottle, Central African, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Elisa Edemi, Guitar, Indigenous music, Ngala, Party song, Societe EDEMI de Stanleyville, Stanleyville, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard F4O-13.
  3. Artist(s): Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls | 1950/09/15 | Chepkongo bowl lyre, East African, Indigenous music, Kenya, Ketienya, Chemutoi, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, Kipsigis, ILAM | A humorous song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre. The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god Pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers.Details from ILAM field card number: D6L 22b.
  4. Composer: Orlando Flying Birds (Performer)Mcunu (Conductor)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Indigenous music, Mcunu, Orlando Flying Birds, Piano, Rattle, Southern African, Vocal, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3178.
  5. Composer: Composer not specifiedLang Obiera (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Kenya, Luo, Obiero,Lang, Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0452-ABC12219
  6. Composer: Baiyani Medurek (Performer) | 1950/10/02 | Arusha, Cattle song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Masai, Medurek,Baiyani, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Folk music - Osingolio longishu cattle song with Arusha men.Further details refer ILAM field card (D7C3)
  7. Artist(s): Mafutha Amhlophe (Leader) | Composer: Mafutha Amhlophe | 1954-00-00 | Afrikaans, dance, Electric guitar, English, Guitar, Indigenous music, Mafutha Amhlophe, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, Tin rattle, Tomato, Traditional music, ILAM | Dance performed on various instruments
  8. Composer: G P Ngoleka (Performer)Nyanja men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/05 | Indigenous music, Malawi, Ngoleka,G.P., Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1252
  9. Artist(s): Lomwe men (Performer) | Composer: Ngoleka, G.P. (Performer) | 1949/09/17 | Blantyre, Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lomwe, Malawi, Ngoleka,G.P., Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Unaccompanied drinking song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5O9)
  10. Artist(s): Nyanja men (Performer) | Composer: Ngoleka (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949-00-00 | Drinking song, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Ngoleka,G.P., Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1206

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