South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Composer: Manyoni Zhou (Performer)Simoni Mashoko Shawa (Performer)Manyoni Zhou (Composer) | 1950/05/02 | Chilimanzi, Govera, Indigenous music, Karanga, Lament, Maridza mbira, Mbira, Muhera, Njari, Shawa,Simoni Mashoko, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Zhou,Manyoni, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Translated English title - "He is left alone in the bush." Further details refer ILAM Field card number: DD 1
- Artist(s): Tumbuka / Henga people (Performer) | Composer: Wareni Mkandawiri (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/26 | East African, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mkandawiri,Wareni, Mzimba, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, story, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D2A 4
- Artist(s): Tumbuka / Henga people (Performer) | Composer: Wareni Mkandawiri (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/05/26 | East African, Folk music, Henga, Henga, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mkandawiri,Wareni, Mzimba, Nyasaland, Song, Southern African, story, Tumbuka, Tumbuka, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D2A 4
- Artist(s): Pika Zulu (Leader) | Composer: Zulu people (Performer)Composer not specified | 1939-07-00 | Indigenous music, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Pika Zulu, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Unaccompanied, Zulu, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP3916
- Composer: The Dundee Wandering Singers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Dundee Wandering Singers, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM record number: CR3282.
- Composer: Chewa men and a Chewa woman (Performer) | 1949/09/03 | Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, Dowa Boma, Entertainment song, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyasaland, Southern African, Topical song, ILAM | Topical entertainment song with Chewe men and one woman with clapping. Translated English title - "What has the mouse done." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5A7).
- Artist(s): Ositeni Phula (Composer/Performer)Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Ositeni Phula (Composer/Performer)Mesiyasi Chulu (Composer/Performer) | 1949/09/05 | Bangwe board zither, Chewa, East African, Indigenous music, Malawi, Mesiyasi Chulu, Mkangala, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Ositeni Phula, Song, Southern African, Stick zither, wistful, ILAM | Wistful song accompanied by the Bangwe board zither, originally for the stick zither called Mkangala. The English title is Telekunde has thrown away her child. Refer ILAM field card C5C7
- Composer: Chikunda women (Performer) | 1949/09/20 | Chikunda, Chikunda, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Southern African, Story Song, Tete, Unaccompanied music, ILAM | Story song. Further details refer ILAM field card (C5R15b)
- Composer: Munyithya wa Kyenze (Composer/Performer) | 1950/09/25 | East African, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kenya, Machakos, Mbebe string lute, Munyithya wa Kyenze, String lute, ILAM | Topical song. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D6V1.
- Composer: Munyithya wa Kyenze (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/09/26 | East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kamba, Kenya, Love song, Machakos, Mbebe lute, Munyithya wa Kyenze, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D6W-1
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