South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Composer: Wachezaji wa Manyanga (Performer)K.H Iseke (Leader) | 1952-00-00 | bells, Dance song, Drum, East African, Indigenous music, Isike,K.H., Manyanga, Mwanza, Nyamwezi, Tanganyika, Wachezaji wa Manyanga, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number CR1480Translated in English "You neglect me, Abdali"
- Composer: Timothee Tibo Essombe (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Folk music, Guitar, Indigenous music, Timothee Tibo Essombe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3720.
- Composer: Composer not specifiedJoseph Sigar (Performer) | 1900-01-00 | Accordion, Bottle, concertina, East African, Indigenous music, Joseph Sigar, Kenya, Luo, Song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number TP0459-ABC12239
- Composer: Blantyre Secondary School Boys (Performer) | 1949/09/16 | Bass Drum, Blantyre, Blantyre Secondary School, Central African, Concert song, Folk song, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyasaland, Sticks, Tambuka, ILAM | Concert song sung by Tambuka and Henga boys with sticks beaten on a bass drum as accompaniment. Further details refer to ILAM card no. C5N6.
- Composer: Mugabe Bin Maganga(Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Drum, East African, Folk music, Greeting song, Indigenous music, Mugabe Bin Maganga, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Folk music - Igubule greeting song with drums and Nyamwezi men and women.Further details refer ILAM field card (D4C2)
- Artist(s): Nyamwezi men and women (Performer) | Composer: Mugabe Bin Maganga (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | Conical Drum, Drum, East African, Folk music, Greeting song, Indigenous music, Lagaya, Mugabe Bin Maganga, Nyamwezi, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | A greeting song for the chief. Further details refer to ILAM field card no. D4C2
- Artist(s): Chewa men (Performer) | Composer: Hodede Homwale (Performer) | 1950/05/19 | Chewa, Chewa, Dance song, Folk music, Homwale,Hodede, Indigenous music, Karigo, Lilongwe, Lute, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Karigo dance song with Karigo one-stringed lute. Translated English title - "The watchman has gone today." Further details refer ILAM field card (DU3)
- Composer: Ngoni men and women (Performer) | 1949/08/31 | Dance song, Folk music, Fort Jameson, Indigenous music, Ngoni, Ngoni, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zambia, ILAM | Dance song for Ngoma dance for men with women singing. Translated English title - "Kezala passes by on the road." Further details refer ILAM field card (C4X2).
- Artist(s): Nguni men and women (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Nguni men and women (Composer/Performer) | 1949/08/31 | Clapping, dance, Indigenous music, Ngoma, Nguni, Nguni, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Ngoma dance song accompanied by the women's clapping. The English title is Kezala passes by on the road. Refer ILAM field card C4X2
- Artist(s): Nguni men and women (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Nguni men and women (Composer/Performer) | 1949/08/31 | Clapping, dance, Indigenous music, Ngoma, Nguni, Nguni, Northern Rhodesia, Song, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Ngoma dance song accompanied by the women's clapping. The English title is Kezala passes by on the road. Refer ILAM field card C4X2
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