South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): Zakaria Kasasa (Leader)Endongo za Baganda (Performer) | Composer: Zakaria KasasaEndongo za Baganda | 1950/08/30 | Central African, eight string bowl lyre, Endongo, Endongo za Buganda, Folk music, Ganda, Indigenous music, Laced conical drum, Ndingidi, Ntenga, one string lute, Song, topical, Traditional music, Uganda, Zakaria Kasara, ILAM | Topical song accompanied by various string instruments. Further details refer ILAM field card number D5V9
- Artist(s): Lenje men and women (Performer) | Composer: Timoti Mungaila (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/08/15 | Chinsengale, Clapping, Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lenje, Lenje, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Timoti Mungaila, Zambia, ILAM | Chinsengale dance music. Translated English title - " Wonder of wonders, is this Lupondo." Further details refer ILAM field card number: C4H-11
- Artist(s): Tonga boys (Performer) | Composer: Edwardi NyangaComposer not specified | 1949/08/23 | Drinking song, Drum, Edwadi Nyanga, Folk music, Indigenous music, Northern Rhodesia, Southern African, Tonga, Tonga, Zambia, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1639
- Composer: Hugh Tracey (Narrator) | 1900-01-00 | Dance song, Folk music, Indigenous music, South Africa, Southern African, Tracey, Hugh, Transkei, Xhosa, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM reel number: BC79.
- Artist(s): Bemba boys (Performer) | Composer: Bwalya Lumbwe (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Bemba, Bemba, Clapping, Dance music, Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lumbwe,Bwalya, Mporokoso, Mupukumo, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mupukumo dance song. Translated English title - "Here's the fruit tree Chalabonde." Further details refer ILAM record number TP0280-XYZ4431
- Artist(s): Bemba boys (Performer) | Composer: Bwalya Lumbwe (Performer) | 1949/08/24 | Bemba, Bemba, Clapping, Dance music, Drinking song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Lumbwe,Bwalya, Mupukumo, Northern Rhodesia, Rattle, Southern African, Zambia, ILAM | Mupukumo dance song. Translated English title - "Here's the fruit tree Chalabonde." Further details refer ILAM record number TP0280-XYZ4431.2
- Artist(s): Buuda men (Performer) | Composer: Chief Baonoko (Performer) | 1952/08/09 | Basket rattle, Belgian Congo, bell, Buuda, Buuda, Central African, Chief Baonoko, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Folk music, Hand-bell, Horn, Indigenous music, Kibali-Ituri, Party Dance, Rattle, ILAM | Party dance music with various drums, two metal hand-bells, ivory horn and basket rattles. Further details refer ILAM field card (F4K2)
- Artist(s): Sgananda Band (Performer) | Composer: Sitole Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1946-00-00 | concertina, Dance song, Guitar, Indigenous music, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Sgananda Band, Sitole Band, South Africa, Southern African, Town dance, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Town dance with guitar and concertina. Further details refer to ILAM record TP0046-ABC3934
- Composer: Abangba men and women (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/07/31 | Abangba, Abangba, Central African, Congo, Dance song, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Egba funeral dance, Folk music, Funeral Song, Indigenous music, Niangara, Northern Congo, Republic of the Congo, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4D 7
- Composer: Chewa men and a Chewa woman (Performer) | 1949/09/03 | Chewa, Chewa, Clapping, Dowa Boma, Entertainment song, Folk music, Indigenous music, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Southern African, ILAM | Entertainment song with Chewe men and one woman with clapping. Translated English title - "At this very spot there used to be a hut." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5A9).
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