South African Music Archive Project
Indigenous music
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- Artist(s): Sena women (Performer) | Composer: Simoni Zambezi Chirumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949/09/21 | Chiwele, Dance song, East African, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mbira, Mozambique, Nsansi Mbira, Portuguese East Africa, Sena, Sena, Simoni Zambezi Chirumba, Southern African, Tonga, Yodelling, ILAM | Chiwele dance song with Mbira. Further details refer ILAM field card number: C5S-6
- Artist(s): Dar-es-Salaam Swingers (Performer) | Composer: Composer not specifiedAlly K. Sykes (Performer) | 1950/06/21 | Clarinet, Dance Band, Dar-es-Salaam Swingers, Daressalaam, Double Bass, Drum, East African, Guitar, Indigenous music, Nguja, Saxophone, Swahili, Sykes,Ally K., Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Swahili rumba. Further details refer ILAM fieldcard D3C1
- Composer: Makwinya, N. (Performer)Nalundo Makwinya (Performer) | 1949/09/04 | Bangwe, Board zither, Folk music, Indigenous music, Makwinya,Nalundo, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Pangwe, Salima, Southern African, Zither, ILAM | Dance song for Masewela dance for men and women with Bangwe (Zither). Translated English title - "God should hate me, not my friend." Further details refer ILAM field card (C5B2)
- Composer: Chopi people (Performer)Dumakule waNgolovane (Composer) | 1949/06/10 | Chopi, Chopi, Dance song, East African, Indigenous music, Marimba, Mozambique, orchestral dance, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Timbila, Tonga, waNgolovane,Dumakule, Xylophone, ILAM | Orchestral dance music with Timbila xylophones. Further details refer ILAM field card number: CT-4
- Artist(s): Dumakule Wangolovane(Leader) | Composer: Chopi People (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/05 | Chopi, Chopi, Indigenous music, Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, Southern African, Timbila, Tonga, waNgolovane,Dumakule, Xylophone, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1284
- Artist(s): Ngindo women (Performer) | Composer: Mawasu Binti Mponda (Performer)Fatuma Binti Meri (Performer) | 1950/06/25 | Daressalaam, Divination song, East African, Fatuma Binti Meri, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mawasu Binti Mponda, Ndonde, Ngindo, Ngindo, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field record no. AC0312.
- Composer: Ndonde men and women (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | East African, Indigenous music, Ndonde, Ndonde, Ngondo, Song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Ngondo song. Further details refer ILAM shellac record number: TP1172
- Artist(s): Ngindo women (Performer) | Composer: Mawasu Binti Mponda (Performer)Fatuma Binti Meri (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/06/25 | Curative song, Daressalaam, East African, Fatuma Binti Meri, Folk music, Indigenous music, Mawasu Binti Mponda, Ndonde, Ngindo, Ngindo divination song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Unaccompanied, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D3F 10
- Composer: Barrie Passeli Brothers (Performer)Barrie Passeli Brothers (Composer) | 1951/06/13 | banjo, Guitar, Indigenous music, Paseli Brothers, Paseli,Bari, Southern African, Southern Rhodesia, Topical song, Yao, Zimbabwe, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: E2J 10
- Artist(s): Balifa Nyabanda (Performer) | Composer: Mani Makwenda (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950-00-00 | Chewa, Indigenous music, Makwenda,Mani, Malawi, Morter, Nyabanda,Balifa, Nyanja, Nyasaland, pestle, Southern African, ILAM | Pounding song. Further details ILAM shellac record number TP2769.
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