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  1. Usegugile

    Audio icon TS0762-T2833b.mp3
    Composer: Buthelezi Tribesman (Performer)Chief Gatsha Buthelezi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1963-00-00 | Buthelezi Tribesman, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0762.

  2. Ushenge Wona Ngokuphendula

    Audio icon TS0762-T2833a.mp3
    Composer: Buthelezi Tribesman (Performer)Chief Gatsha Buthelezi (Leader)Composer not specified | 1963-00-00 | Buthelezi, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: TS0762.

  3. Ushuru wa Guitare

    Audio icon CR2761-GB1742-XYZ7563.mp3
    Artist(s): Ombiza Charles | Composer: Oroclos (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | East African, Indigenous music, Ombiza,Charles, Oroclos, Swahili, Tanzania, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR2761.

  4. Usiku onse malingililo

    Audio icon CR0081-XYZ4451.mp3
    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, Mbira, Northern Rhodesia, Nsenga, Personal lament, Song, Ten notes, Traditional music, Yelele, Zambia, ILAM | Mourning song accompanied by the Kalimba mbira. The translated title is "The whole night long I have been thinking". Further details refer ILAM field card number C4V4

  5. Usingi

    Audio icon TP2119-XYZ5565.mp3
    Artist(s): Kamba boys and girls (Performer) | Composer: Ndulu (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/25 | Circumcision Song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Ndulu, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6V-10

  6. Usingi

    Audio icon CR2399-GB1534-XYZ5565.mp3
    Artist(s): Kamba boys and girls | Composer: Ndulu wa Ngolania (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Circumcision Song, East African, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Ndulu wa Ngolania, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR2399.

  7. Usingolio londoye

    Audio icon TP2129-XYZ5575.mp3
    Artist(s): Arusha men (Performer) | Composer: Nyangus Siokino (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/30 | Arusha, Arusha, Cattle raiding song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Masai, Nyangus Siokino, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D7A-1

  8. Usogaya

    Audio icon CR0829-AE72-WEA1734.mp3
    Composer: Zululand War Dancers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1900-01-00 | Dance music, Indigenous music, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, War cry, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, Zululand War Dancers, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0829

  9. Usogaya

    Audio icon CR0892-YE107-WEA1734.mp3
    Composer: Zululand War Dancers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1955-00-00 | Dance song, Indigenous music, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccopmpanied, Vocal, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, Zululand War Dancers, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0892

  10. Uswezi (I)

    Audio icon TP1565-XYZ4985a.mp3
    Artist(s): Nyamwezi women (Performer) | Composer: Uwilula (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Divination song, East African, Folk music, Gourd Rattle, Indigenous music, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Rattle, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Uswezi, Uwilula, ILAM | Uswezi divination song with gourd rattles. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1565

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